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Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-8-302: Mandatory reporting — Penalties

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  2. Title 10A

A. Any employee, contractor, volunteer, or third party working

in or around a state-run juvenile facility, private contractor, or

group home under the supervision of the Office of Juvenile Affairs

or any county facility which detains juveniles, who becomes aware

of, witnesses, or suspects any form of sexual misconduct, coercive

relationships, or exploitation between staff, volunteers, or

contractors and juveniles, shall be required to immediately report

the incident to both the facility supervisor and the Office of

Juvenile System Oversight for independent investigation.

B. Any individual who fails to report such incident shall, upon

conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine not more than

Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), by imprisonment in the custody of

the Department of Corrections for not more than two (2) years, or by

both such fine and imprisonment.

C. Investigation reports shall be forwarded to the district

attorney in the district where the abuse took place. The Office of

Juvenile System Oversight shall notify in writing the juvenile

victim’s family and the Senate and House of Representatives members

for the district in which the juvenile victim lives that the

investigation has been forwarded to the district attorney.

The district attorney shall notify in writing the juvenile

victim’s family and the Senate and House of Representatives members

for the district in which the juvenile victim lives when a decision

has been made to either file or decline to file charges.

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