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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-1946: Notification of sex or violent offender status

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  1. OK Code
  2. Title 63

A. 1. The Department of Corrections shall immediately notify

the State Department of Health of any person who is registered

pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or any person who is

registered pursuant to the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders

Registration Act who is seeking placement from a Department of

Corrections facility to any long-term care facility in this state.

Upon receipt of such notification, the State Department of Health

shall notify the long-term care facility in which the sex offender

is seeking placement.

2. The State Board of Health shall promulgate rules requiring

long-term care facilities to determine from the local law

enforcement authority or the Department of Corrections the

registration status of the following individuals who are required to

register pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary

Rippy Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act:

a. an applicant for admission to a long-term care

facility,

b. a resident of a long-term care facility, and

c. an employee of a long-term care facility.

3. Once a long-term care facility is notified that an

individual who is required to register pursuant to the Sex Offenders

Registration Act or the Mary Rippy Violent Crime Offenders

Registration Act is residing at such facility, the facility shall

immediately in writing notify the State Department of Health.

B. Upon the effective date of this act, when the Department of

Corrections knows of an offender who is required to register

pursuant to the Sex Offenders Registration Act or the Mary Rippy

Violent Crime Offenders Registration Act is being released from

Department of Corrections jurisdiction, the Department of

Corrections shall immediately notify the State Department of Health.

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