2023 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 22. Criminal Procedure
§22-60.20. Domestic violence, substance abuse, addiction and mental health training.
The Administrative Office of the Courts shall provide annual domestic violence, substance abuse, addiction and mental health educational training for members of the judiciary. Subject to available funding, curriculum for training required under this section shall include, but not be limited to:
1. Dynamics of domestic violence;
2. The impact of domestic violence on victims and their children including trauma and the neurobiology of trauma;
3. Identifying dominant aggressor;
4. Tactics and behavior of batterers;
5. Victim protection orders and full faith and credit under the Violence Against Women Act of 1994;
6. Rights of victims; and
7. Evidence-based practices regarding behavioral health and treatment of those with substance abuse or mental health needs.
Added by Laws 2013, c. 198, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2013. Amended by Laws 2017, c. 351, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.
