Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-8-302: Mandatory reporting — Penalties
Where this section sits in the code
- OK Code
- 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.
Collected 2026-09-14T18:32:36Z. Source file · JSON