Okla. Stat. tit. 70, § 70-24-100.7: Suicide awareness and drug abuse policies – Immunity

from employment discipline and civil liability – Cause of action

limitations – Duty to notify parents or legal guardians.

A. The board of education of each school district in this state

shall adopt a policy regarding suicide awareness and training,

requiring staff training and the reporting of student drug abuse.

B. The board of education of each school district in this state

shall provide training to all staff members in their first year

employed by the school district, and then no less than once every

fifth academic year, addressing suicide awareness and prevention.

The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services shall

make available to school districts’ curriculum for staff which

addresses suicide awareness and prevention, without cost to the

school districts. The course outline for the curriculum shall be

made available to the public online through the school district

website. Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, every school

district shall:

1. Provide a suicide prevention training program which includes

as a core element evidence-based approaches;

2. Provide the curriculum made available by the Department of

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services; or

3. Provide a suicide prevention training program that is

selected by the school district from a list maintained by the

Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to school

district staff that addresses suicide awareness and prevention. The

training program may be combined with any other training provided by

the school district addressing bullying prevention.

C. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, the board of

education of each school district may provide training to address

suicide awareness and prevention to students in grades seven through

twelve.

D. Teachers, counselors, principals, administrators and other

school personnel shall be immune from employment discipline and any

civil liability for:

1. Calling the 9-1-1 emergency telephone number, law

enforcement or the Department of Human Services if they believe a

student poses a threat to themselves or others or if a student has

committed or been the victim of a violent act or threat of a violent

act;

2. Providing referral, emergency medical care or other

assistance offered in good faith to a student or other youth; or

3. Communicating information in good faith concerning drug or

alcohol abuse or a potential safety threat by or to any student to

the parents or legal guardians of the student, law enforcement

officers or health care providers.

E. No person shall have a cause of action for any loss or

damage caused by any act or omission resulting from the

implementation of this section or resulting from any training, or

lack thereof, required by this section, unless the loss or damage

was caused by willful or wanton misconduct.

F. The training required pursuant to this section, or the lack

thereof, shall not be construed to impose any specific duty of care.

G. The board of education of each school district may enter

into agreements with designated youth services agencies for the

provision of intervention and prevention services.

H. Teachers, counselors, principals, administrators or other

school personnel, upon determining that a student is at risk of

attempting suicide, shall notify the parents or legal guardians of

the student immediately upon determining that such risk exists.