Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-18p-6: Promulgation of rules - Certification - Exemptions -

Standards for facilities and programs - Application fees.

A. Effective July 1, 2005, all administrative rules promulgated

by the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

relating to domestic violence and sexual assault programs shall be

transferred to and become a part of the administrative rules of the

Office of the Attorney General. The Office of Administrative Rules

in the Secretary of State’s office shall provide adequate notice in

the Oklahoma Register of the transfer of such rules, and shall place

the transferred rules under the Administrative Code section of the

Attorney General. Such rules shall continue in force and effect as

rules of the Office of the Attorney General from and after July 1,

2005, and any amendment, repeal or addition to the transferred rules

shall be under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General.

B. The Attorney General shall adopt and promulgate rules and

standards for certification of batterers intervention and domestic

violence programs and for private facilities and organizations which

offer domestic and sexual assault services in this state. These

facilities shall be known as "certified domestic violence shelters"

or "certified domestic violence programs" or "certified sexual

assault programs" or "certified treatment programs for batterers",

as applicable.

C. Applications for certification as a certified domestic

violence shelter, domestic violence program, sexual assault program

or treatment program for batterers, pursuant to the provisions of

this section, shall be made to the Office of the Attorney General on

prescribed forms. The Attorney General may certify the shelter or

program for a period of three (3) years subject to renewal as

provided in the rules promulgated by the Attorney General. Nothing

in this section shall preclude the Office of the Attorney General

from making inspection visits to a shelter or program to determine

contract or program compliance.

D. Licensed physicians, licensed psychologists, licensed social

workers, individual members of the clergy, licensed marital and

family therapists, licensed behavioral practitioners, and licensed

professional counselors shall be exempt from certification

requirements; provided, however, these exemptions shall only apply

to individual professional persons in private practice and not to

any domestic violence program or sexual assault program operated by

such person.

E. Facilities providing services for persons who commit

domestic abuse, victims or survivors of domestic abuse or sexual

assault and any dependent children of such victims or survivors

shall comply with standards promulgated by the Attorney General;

provided, that the certification requirements and standards

promulgated by the Attorney General shall not apply to programs and

services offered by the Department of Health, the Department of

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the Department of

Corrections or the Department of Human Services. The batterers

intervention, domestic violence or sexual assault programs certified

pursuant to the provisions of this section shall cooperate with

inspection personnel of this state and shall promptly file all

reports required by the Attorney General. Failure to comply with

rules and standards of the Attorney General shall be grounds for

revocation of certification, after proper notice and hearing.

F. The Attorney General is hereby authorized to collect from

each applicant the sum of One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) to

help defray the costs incurred in the certification process.