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§ 1-1946. Notification of sex or violent offender status

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and Safety

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 63. Public Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Public Health Code
Article 19. Nursing Home Care (Refs & Annos)
Long-Term Care Security Act
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-1946
§ 1-1946. Notification of sex or violent offender status
Currentness
A. 1. The Department of Corrections shall immediately notify the State Department of Health of any person who is registered pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act1 or any person who is registered pursuant to the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act2 who is seeking placement from a Department of Corrections facility to any long-term care facility in this state. Upon receipt of such notification, the State Department of Health shall notify the long-term care facility in which the sex offender is seeking placement.
2. The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules requiring long-term care facilities to determine from the local law enforcement authority or the Department of Corrections the registration status of the following individuals who are required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act:
a. an applicant for admission to a long-term care facility,
b. a resident of a long-term care facility, and
c. an employee of a long-term care facility.
3. Once a long-term care facility is notified that an individual who is required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act is residing at such facility, the facility shall immediately in writing notify the State Department of Health.
B. Upon the effective date of this act,3 when the Department of Corrections knows of an offender who is required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act is being released from Department of Corrections jurisdiction, the Department of Corrections shall immediately notify the State Department of Health.

Credits

Laws 2005, c. 465, § 4, emerg. eff. June 9, 2005.

Footnotes

1
Title 57, § 581 et seq.
2
Title 57, § 591 et seq.
3
O.S.L. 2005, c. 465, emergency effective June 9, 2005.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-1946, OK ST T. 63 § 1-1946
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 106 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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