{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-5-212","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-5-212","heading":"Delinquent or youthful offender in custody of Office","body":"of Juvenile Affairs - Placement options - Office duties and\n\nauthority - Rights of delinquent or youthful offender.\n\nA. Whenever a youthful offender is committed to the custody of\n\nthe Office of Juvenile Affairs, the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall\n\nhave the legal responsibility and authority to place a youthful\n\noffender:\n\n1. In a secure facility or other institution or facility\n\nmaintained by the state for delinquents or youthful offenders;\n\n2. In a group home or community residential facility for\n\ndelinquents or youthful offenders; or\n\n3. Under community supervision.\n\nB. The court shall not prohibit the reintegration of the\n\nyouthful offender into the community except upon finding that the\n\nyouthful offender has not reasonably completed the rehabilitation\n\nplan objectives established as preconditions for reintegration into\n\nthe community or that the public would not be adequately protected\n\nif the youthful offender is reintegrated into the community.\n\nC. Placement of the youthful offender pursuant to this section\n\nor any other provision of law shall be the responsibility of the\n\nOffice of Juvenile Affairs and shall occur as soon as reasonably\n\npossible but not more than forty-five (45) days following the filing\n\nand adoption of the written rehabilitation plan as provided in\n\nSection 8 of this act. This placement time period may be extended\n\nupon the declaration of an emergency by the Board of Juvenile\n\nAffairs. For the purposes of this section, \"emergency\" means any\n\nsituation that places the health, safety and well-being of the\n\nresidents or staff in imminent peril. The court shall not have\n\nauthority to order a specific placement of a youthful offender.\n\nD. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall be responsible for the\n\ncare and custody of a youthful offender who has been placed in the\n\ncustody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, and shall have the duty\n\nand the authority to provide food, clothing, shelter, ordinary\n\nmedical care, education, discipline and in an emergency to authorize\n\nsurgery or other extraordinary care. The medical care, surgery and\n\nextraordinary care shall be charged to the appropriate agency where\n\nthe youthful offender qualifies for the care under law, rule,\n\nregulation or administrative order or decision. Nothing in this\n\nsection shall abrogate the right of a youthful offender to any\n\nbenefits provided through public funds nor the parent's statutory\n\nduty or responsibility to provide said necessities; further, no\n\nperson, agency or institution shall be liable in a civil suit for\n\ndamages for authorizing or not authorizing surgery or extraordinary\n\ncare in an emergency, as determined by competent medical authority.\n\nA youthful offender placed in the custody of the Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs who has attained eighteen (18) years of age or older may\n\nauthorize and consent to the medical care sought on behalf of the\n\nyouthful offender by the Office of Juvenile Affairs and to be\n\nprovided to the youthful offender by a qualified health care\n\nprofessional. No state employee shall be liable for the costs of\n\nany medical care or behavioral health services provided to any child\n\nin the custody of the Office of Juvenile Affairs.\n\nE. A youthful offender in the custody of the Office of Juvenile\n\nAffairs shall:\n\n1. Be entitled to the rights afforded juvenile delinquents\n\npertaining to any due process afforded delinquents in regard to\n\nmovement from a nonsecure to a secure placement; and\n\n2. As appropriate to the age and circumstances of the youthful\n\noffender, be provided education, employment, and employment skills\n\nand vocational and technical or higher education services,\n\napprenticeship programs and similar opportunities.\n\nF. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall have standing to seek\n\nreview, including an appellate review, of any order directing the\n\nOffice of Juvenile Affairs to take any action with regard to a\ncumstances of the youthful\n\noffender, be provided education, employment, and employment skills\n\nand vocational and technical or higher education services,\n\napprenticeship programs and similar opportunities.\n\nF. The Office of Juvenile Affairs shall have standing to seek\n\nreview, including an appellate review, of any order directing the\n\nOffice of Juvenile Affairs to take any action with regard to a\n\nyouthful offender placed in the custody or under the supervision of\n\nthe Office of Juvenile Affairs.","path":["OK Code","Title 10A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"28d62a47b8af22155b7d679d20fd18eb6d92524d9e45229b3b09659f5e53df93","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-5-211","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-5-213"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}