{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-471.8","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-471.8","heading":"Use of program as disciplinary sanction","body":"The drug court program may be utilized as a disciplinary\n\nsanction for a violation of a condition of parole related to\n\nsubstance abuse for eligible offenses, or in a case where the\n\noffender has been tried for an eligible offense in the traditional\n\nmanner, given either a deferred or suspended sentence, and has\n\nviolated a condition of the sentence. The judge shall not order an\n\noffender into treatment within the scope of any drug court program\n\nwithout prior approval from both the district attorney and the\n\ndefense attorney or offender. If both the district attorney and the\n\ndefense attorney or offender agree, the case may be transferred to\n\nthe drug court program with the approval of the presiding drug court\n\njudge. After a case has been transferred to the drug court docket,\n\nit shall continue with the designated drug court judge until the\n\noffender is revoked or released from the program. The offenders\n\nwhose cases have been transferred from a traditional criminal case\n\ndocket to the drug court docket shall be required to have a drug\n\ncourt investigation and complete the drug court process prior to\n\nplacement in any treatment program authorized by Section 471 et seq.\n\nof this title.","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":"85c69d8465330c7958df52297a211e318508e2b172564107177415968e4b1918","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-471.7","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-471.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}