Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-7-606: Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center - Supervision,

management and control.

A. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall have the supervision,

management, operation and control of the institution for children

located at Tecumseh, formerly known and designated as Girls' Town

and now known as Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center, and all property,

equipment and supplies related thereto.

B. The Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center shall maintain

facilities and bed-space capacity for programs that are consistent

with providing statewide juvenile justice and delinquency prevention

services.

C. It shall be the duty of the State Fire Marshal and the State

Commissioner of Health, to cause regular, periodic, not less than

quarterly, unannounced inspections of said institution, utilizing

adequately trained and qualified inspection personnel, to determine

and evaluate conditions and programs being maintained and carried on

at said institution in their respective areas of agency

jurisdiction. Such inspections shall include, but not be limited

to, the following: compliance with minimum fire, life and health

safety standards; compliance with minimum standards governing

general sanitation of the institution, with particular emphasis upon

food storage, preparation, serving and transportation, respectively.

Reports of such inspections will be made in writing, itemizing and

identifying any deficiencies and recommending corrective measures,

and shall be filed with the Board of Juvenile Affairs, the Executive

Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, the Attorney General,

the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro

Tempore of the Senate, the Office of Juvenile System Oversight and

the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. The Office of

Juvenile Affairs shall file copies of the reports of the inspections

and recommendations of the accrediting agencies listed in subsection

D of this section with the Office of Juvenile System Oversight.

D. The Office of Juvenile Affairs is authorized and directed to

establish, subject to the limits of funds available therefor, a

diversity of placement alternatives for children committed to the

custody of the Office including, but not limited to, foster family

homes, foster family group homes, and group homes. All child care

services and facilities operated by the Office shall be accredited

by the American Correctional Association, the Joint Commission on

Accreditation of Hospitals or the Child Welfare League of America,

as appropriate for the service or facility. The Office may directly

contract for accreditation fees, training or training conferences

with the organization accrediting the service or facility as

required by this subsection.