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Oklahoma Administrative Code (Last Updated: March 11, 2021) |
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TITLE 75. Attorney General |
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Chapter 30. Standards and Criteria for Adult Victims of Human Sex Trafficking Programs |
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Subchapter 1. General Provisions |
SECTION 75:30-1-1. Purpose
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- This chapter sets forth the rules, including standards and criteria, used in certifying sexual assault programs and shelters for adult victims/survivors of sexual violence as a result of human sex trafficking pursuant to 74 O.S. § 18p-6. Human sex trafficking occurs when a person uses force, fraud, or coercion to get a victim to perform sexual acts for commercial reasons. The victim is recruited, transferred, harbored, obtained or moved by a person. The person uses force, fraud, coercion, abduction, threat, deception or the abuse of power to gain control over the victim. The victim is exploited for forced labor, involuntary servitude, slavery, and/or debt bondage of commercial sex acts. Under state and federal law, the use of minors for commercial sexual activity is a severe form of trafficking, even if there is no force, fraud or coercion. Minors are intended to be served under a different program. However, minors may still need immediate medical care, housing, food, clothing and other services to assure safety until they can be transferred. Although similarities exist between services provided to victims of domestic or sexual violence and victims of human sex trafficking, there are also important differences between the two groups of victims. International victims of human sex trafficking are often eligible for special benefits including housing, legal assistance and refugee services that differ from the types of services that are available to domestic human sex trafficking or sexual violence victims. These standards serve as guidance in understanding, providing and advocating for the needs of victims of human sex trafficking. The rules regarding factors relating to the process to determine status as a certified program including, but not necessarily limited to, applications, fees, requirements for and administrative sanctions, are found in OAC Title 75, Chapter 1.