Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-400: Acute psychiatric care units

The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to establish

units at one or more institutions for the care and treatment of

inmates who are or become in need of acute psychiatric care. The

Department shall have the following powers and duties in the

operation thereof:

1. The Department shall establish procedures to outline means

of identification of inmates who are or become in need of acute

psychiatric care and for assignment of such inmates to the units

described in this subsection. Prior to assignment there shall be a

due process hearing conducted by the Department of Corrections to

determine whether the inmate is in need of acute psychiatric care.

The inmate shall be entitled to have a staff representative

appointed to represent the inmate, if he or she so requests, but

shall not have an attorney appointed or paid by the Department to

represent the inmate at the administrative hearing; and

2. Once an inmate has been assigned to a unit described in this

subsection, treatment and medication may be administered to the

inmate as provided in Section 5-204 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma

Statutes.