SECTION 170:15-3-3. Preliminary audit

(a)   Within two months of commencing operations, a private prison contractor, shall notify the director and request a preliminary audit to determine whether commencing operations of the new private facility constitutes a threat to the public safety. If the audit finds deficiencies which constitute a threat to the public safety, the Director shall notify the private prison contractor of intentions to order the facility to cease operations within 60 days of receipt of the notice of intent, unless the deficiencies are remedied.

(b)   The private prison contractor, upon receiving notice from the director of an intention to order a cessation of operations, may appeal and prepare a plan to correct the deficiencies within the 60 day notice period. If no plan is submitted and/or the deficiencies are not corrected within the 60-day notice period, the director may order a private prison contractor to cease operations within 30 days after receipt of the notice to cease. Any order of the director to cease operations shall be enforced by injunction issued by a district court of this state. Any and all such legal costs of procuring and enforcing such order shall be assessed against the private prison contractor.

[Source: Added at 10 Ok Reg 2669, eff 7-1-93; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2350, eff 7-11-05]