SECTION 390:60-5-7. Psychological evaluation and reporting

(a)   Each applicant to be licensed as a Bail Enforcer shall be administered any current standard form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), or other psychological evaluation instrument approved by CLEET, and the instrument will be administered in conjunction with training in Phase I required by the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act.

(1)   The Bail Enforcer training school shall administer the instrument in accordance with the instructions of the instrument.

(2)   The Bail Enforcer training school shall forward the response data to a psychologist of the applicant's choice, so long as the psychologist is licensed by the Oklahoma State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

(b)   The applicant shall pay the cost of the psychological evaluation.

(c)   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 supplied by the Bail Enforcer training school, the psychologist shall employ whatever other psychological measuring instruments or techniques deemed necessary to form a professional opinion. The use of any additional psychological measuring instruments or techniques requires a full and complete written explanation to CLEET, which must be received before a Bail Enforcer license may be issued.

(d)   The evaluating psychologist will forward a written psychological evaluation, on a form prescribed by CLEET, to CLEET within fifteen (15) days of the evaluation, even if the applicant is found to be psychologically at risk.

(e)   CLEET 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.

(f)   A person who has been found by the psychologist to be at risk in the exercise of appropriate judgment, restraint, or self-control may not reapply for a Bail Enforcer license until at least one (1) year after the date of being found psychologically at risk.

(g)   Retired Peace Officers who have been certified by CLEET shall be exempt from the psychological evaluation requirement for a period of one (1) year from the date of retirement as determined by the law enforcement Agency from which the officer retired; 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.

(h)   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.

[Source: Added at 31 Ok Reg 563, eff 4-1-14 (emergency); Added at 32 Ok Reg 2033, eff 9-11-15]