Oklahoma § 10-405.3 - Online Restricted Registry

§ 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

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10. Children

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.