Oklahoma § 10-1414 - Admission of individuals with intellectual disability Applications - Release
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§ 10-1414. Admission of individuals with intellectual disability Applications - Release
A. 1. Individuals with intellectual disability who are legal
residents of this state and who have a mental age not above that of
the average nine-year-old child, as determined by psychological
examination, may be admitted to an institution named in Section 1406
of this title or provided community services, if available, on a
voluntary basis only upon written application to the Director on
forms provided for such purpose. Other individuals with
intellectual disability who are residents of this state and who are
above such mental age may be admitted or provided community
services, on a voluntary basis only, upon recommendation of the
superintendent of the institution and approval of the Director.
2. The application shall be signed by any parent having legal
custody of such person, a guardian appointed by a court, or other
legal custodian of such person.
3. The psychological examination provided for in this section
shall be on forms provided by the Department and must be completed
before an application can be approved and the applicant admitted to
the institution.
B. Release of a resident of any of the institutions named in
Section 1406 of this title shall be subject to such reasonable rules
and conditions as may be prescribed by the Director of Human
Services and shall be made only to the parent, guardian appointed by
a court, or legal custodian of the resident; provided, however, a
resident eighteen (18) years of age or older who has not been found
by a court to be incompetent or incapacitated may request and obtain
such person's own release.
Added by Laws 1963, c. 37, § 10, eff. July 1, 1963. Renumbered from
§ 310 of Title 56 by Laws 1982, c. 312, § 48, emerg. eff. May 28,
1982. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 128, § 3, operative July 1, 1983;
Laws 1997, c. 407, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2019, c. 475, § 4,
eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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