SECTION 135:10-25-1. Origin and authority

  The legislature gave the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth responsibilities for coordinating with each district attorney in the development of freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams in each county of the district attorney or in a contiguous group of counties pursuant to 10A O.S. Supp. 2013, Section 1-9-102 (A)(1). The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall have the authority:

(1)   To approve freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams;

(2)   To evaluate freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams by conducting annual on-site reviews of freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams;

(3)   To designate a freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse team as functioning, provisionally functioning, or non-functioning in accordance with freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse team minimal standards;

(4)   To remove freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse team from the list of functioning freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams when non-compliant with minimal standards.

[Source: Added at 31 Ok Reg 878, eff 9-12-14]