Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-7-302: Division of Advocate Defender - Advocate General -

Duties and responsibilities.

A. There is hereby established within the Office of Juvenile

Affairs the Division of Advocate Defender which will be separate and

apart from the Office of General Counsel. The administrative

officer of the Division of Advocate Defender shall be the Advocate

General, who shall be an attorney with a minimum of three (3) years

of experience as an attorney. The Executive Director of the Office

of Juvenile Affairs shall employ such other personnel as may be

necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. Such personnel

may be dismissed only for cause.

B. The duties and responsibilities of the Advocate General are

as follows:

1. Supervise personnel assigned to children's institutions and

facilities as student defender/representatives;

2. Monitor and review grievance procedures and hearings;

3. Investigate grievances of juveniles and staff grievances

related to juveniles which are not resolved at the facility level;

4. In cooperation with the Executive Director, establish a

system for investigating allegations of misconduct by a person

responsible for a child with regard to any child in the custody of

the Office of Juvenile Affairs and placed in an Office of Juvenile

Affairs secure juvenile facility;

5. Monitor the system to ensure the appropriate reporting to

the Department of Human Services of allegations of abuse or neglect

of juveniles who are in the custody of the Office of Juvenile

Affairs and placed in private facilities or facilities operated by

the Office of Juvenile Affairs;

6. Coordinate any hearings or meetings of administrative review

committees conducted as a result of unresolved grievances or as a

result of investigations;

7. Make recommendations to the Executive Director of the Office

of Juvenile Affairs, and provide regular or special reports

regarding grievance procedures, hearings and investigations to the

Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, the Office of

Juvenile System Oversight and other appropriate persons as

necessary;

8. Forward to the Office of Juvenile Systems Oversight, for the

information of the Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile

Systems Oversight, a copy of the final report of a complaint which

is not resolved, through the system for resolution of grievances

established by the Office of Juvenile Affairs, in the favor of the

complainant; and

9. Perform such other duties as required by the Executive

Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs.