Oklahoma § 59-1350.8 - Psychological evaluation

§ 59-1350.8. Psychological evaluation

A. Each applicant for a bail enforcer license shall be

administered any current standard form of the Minnesota Multiphasic

Personality Inventory (MMPI), or other psychological evaluation

instrument approved by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and

Training, which shall be administered in conjunction with training

in Phase I required by the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act. The

bail enforcer training school administering such instrument shall

forward the response data to a psychologist licensed by the State

Board of Examiners of Psychologists for evaluation. The licensed

psychologist shall be of the applicant's choice. It shall be the

responsibility of the applicant to bear the cost of the

psychological evaluation. No bail enforcer license shall be issued

unless the applicant meets the standards established by the Council

for psychological evaluation.

B. If the licensed psychologist is unable to certify the

applicant's psychological capability to exercise appropriate

judgment, restraint, and self-control, after evaluating the data,

the psychologist shall employ whatever other psychological measuring

instruments or techniques deemed necessary to form a professional

opinion. The use of any psychological measuring instruments or

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techniques shall require a full and complete written explanation to

the Council.

C. The psychologist shall forward a written psychological

evaluation, on a form prescribed by the Council, to the Council

within fifteen (15) days of the evaluation, even if the applicant is

found to be psychologically at risk. The Council may utilize the

results of the psychological evaluation for up to six (6) months

from the date of the evaluation after which the applicant shall be

reexamined. No person who has been found psychologically at risk in

the exercise of appropriate judgment, restraint, or self-control

shall reapply for certification until one (1) year from the date of

being found psychologically at risk.

D. 1. Retired peace officers who have been certified by the

Council shall be exempt from the provisions of this section for a

period of one (1) year from retirement; provided there is no

evidence of an inability to exercise appropriate judgment,

restraint, and self-control during prior active duty as a law

enforcement officer and upon subsequent retirement.

2. Retired peace officers who are not exempt from this section

and who have previously undergone treatment for a mental illness,

condition, or disorder which required medication or supervision, as

defined by paragraph 7 of Section 1290.10 of Title 21 of the

Oklahoma Statutes, shall not be eligible to apply for a bail

enforcer license except upon presentation of a certified statement

from a licensed physician stating that the person is no longer

disabled by any mental or psychiatric illness, condition, or

disorder.

Added by Laws 2013, c. 407, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.