SECTION 377:25-9-3. Absent without official leave (AWOL)

(a)   When staff are advised that a juvenile is AWOL, they shall make every effort to locate the juvenile immediately. Staff shall try to locate the juvenile through relatives and community contacts.

(b)   OJA shall notify the parents of a juvenile who is AWOL from an OJA out-of-home placement as soon as possible.

(c)   Staff shall follow local law enforcement procedures in notifying authorities:

(1)   in the juvenile's home community; and

(2)   in the community from which the juvenile is AWOL.

(d)   Within the constraints of 10A O.S., §§ 2-3-101(B)(1) and 2-7-605, the JSU worker and juvenile services supervisor shall determine whether a juvenile who has been picked up while on AWOL status shall return to the previous placement. In making the decision, staff shall consider whether the juvenile:

(1)   has committed a new delinquent offense; and

(2)   is considered a risk to the public or self.

[Source: Added at 14 Ok Reg 1882, eff 6-2-97; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 966, eff 12-15-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 2695, eff 7-1-98; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 2996, eff 7-12-99; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2162, eff 7-1-01; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 2011, eff 7-15-11]