{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1175.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-1175.1","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in Sections 1175.1 through 1176 of this title:\n\n1. “Competent” or “competency” means the present ability of a\n\nperson arrested for or charged with a crime to understand the nature\n\nof the charges and proceedings brought against him or her and to\n\neffectively and rationally assist in his or her defense;\n\n2. “Criminal proceeding” means every stage of a criminal\n\nprosecution after arrest and before judgment, including, but not\n\nlimited to, interrogation, lineup, preliminary hearing, motion\n\ndockets, discovery, pretrial hearings and trial;\n\n3. “Dangerous” means a person who is a person requiring\n\ntreatment as defined in Section 1-103 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma\n\nStatutes;\n\n4. “Incompetent” or “incompetency” means the present inability\n\nof a person arrested for or charged with a crime to understand the\n\nnature of the charges and proceedings brought against him or her and\n\nto effectively and rationally assist in his or her defense;\n\n5. “Public guardian” means the Office of Public Guardian as\n\nestablished under the Oklahoma Public Guardianship Act in Section 6-\n\n101 et seq. of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n6. “Qualified forensic examiner” means any:\n\na. psychiatrist with forensic training and experience,\n\nb. psychologist with forensic training and experience, or\n\nc. a licensed mental health professional whose forensic\n\ntraining and experience enable him or her to form\n\nexpert opinions regarding mental illness, competency\n\nand dangerousness and who has been approved to render\n\nsuch opinions by the court; provided, however, a\n\nlicensed mental health professional shall not be\n\nqualified to issue expert opinions as to competency or\n\ndangerousness in cases in which a person is alleged to\n\nbe incompetent due to intellectual disability; and\n\n7. “Reasonable period of time” means a period not to exceed the\n\nlesser of:\n\na. the maximum sentence specified for the most serious\n\noffense with which the defendant is charged, or\n\nb. a maximum period of two (2) years.\n\nAny time period where the defendant refuses medication\n\nprescribed or ordered that is designed to restore the defendant to\n\ncompetency shall not be used in the calculation of a reasonable\n\nperiod of time.","path":["OK Code","Title 22"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os22.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"ab6e9b4ae0ea0035c88a1d0723afe68d9268d7e31d323243660311d1521e76c9","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1170","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-1175.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}