Online Restricted Registry.

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  2. Oklahoma Statutes
  3. Children
  4. Online Restricted Registry.

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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.


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