2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 10. Children
§10-405.3. Online Restricted Registry.
A. The Department of Human Services shall promulgate rules to establish and maintain the Restricted Registry, accessible to the public through an online database, to address:
1. A procedure for recording individuals on the Restricted Registry resulting from:
- a.a substantiated finding of abuse or neglect, as defined in Section 1-1-105 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes, by an individual when the abuse or neglect occurred to a child while in the care of a facility licensed, certified, operated or contracted by or with the Department or the Office of Juvenile Affairs. The provisions of this subparagraph shall apply to:
- (1)the Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center, the Oklahoma Juvenile Center for Girls and the Southwest Oklahoma Juvenile Center upon the effective date of this act, and
- (2)facilities licensed by, certified by or contracting with the Office of Juvenile Affairs after November 1, 2018,
- b.a revocation or denial of a child care facility license, and
- c.a specified criminal history of an individual, as defined by rules promulgated by the Department;
2. A procedure to provide notice and an opportunity for review to the individual and, if the individual is an employee of a facility licensed, certified, operated or contracted by or with the Office of Juvenile Affairs, to the facility prior to recording an individual on the Restricted Registry;
3. Disclosure requirements for information on the Restricted Registry; and
4. A procedure to prohibit licensure, ownership, employment, unsupervised access to children or residence in a facility or program licensed, certified, operated or contracted with by the Department or the Office of Juvenile Affairs.
B. The Restricted Registry shall include, but not be limited to:
1. The full name of the individual;
2. Information necessary to identify the individual; and
3. The date the individual was recorded on the Restricted Registry.
C. Nothing in this section shall be construed as to permit the placement of an operator of a child care facility on the Restricted Registry unless the operator:
1. Is the subject of a substantiated finding of child abuse or neglect;
2. Has been subject to a revocation or denial of a child care facility license; or
3. Has a specified criminal history, as defined by rules promulgated by the Department.
Added by Laws 2008, c. 296, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2008. Amended by Laws 2011, c. 266, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2011; Laws 2013, c. 308, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2015, c. 158, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015; Laws 2017, c. 253, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2017; Laws 2021, c. 218, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
