{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-751","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 22, § 22-751","heading":"Admission of findings - Laboratory and medical examiner's","body":"reports - Release of controlled dangerous substances - Compelled\n\nattendance in court of report preparers.\n\nA. At any hearing prior to trial or at a forfeiture hearing:\n\n1. A report of the findings of the laboratory of the Oklahoma\n\nState Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation\n\nor the Drug Enforcement Administration;\n\n2. The report of investigation or autopsy report of the medical\n\nexaminer;\n\n3. A laboratory report from a forensic laboratory operated by\n\nthis state or any political subdivision thereof, or from a\n\nlaboratory performing analysis at the request of a forensic\n\nlaboratory operated by this state or any political subdivision\n\nthereof;\n\n4. A report from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and\n\nDangerous Drugs Control or the electronic methamphetamine precursor\n\ntracking service provider as set forth in the Uniform Controlled\n\nDangerous Substances Act as to the existence or status of any\n\nlicense or permit to sell, transfer, or possess precursor substances\n\nor any report containing data collected and required to be\n\ntransmitted by a registrant to the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nNarcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control Central Repository pursuant to\n\nthe provisions of the Anti-Drug Diversion Act as set forth under the\n\nUniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act; or\n\n5. A report from the Department of Public Safety as to the\n\nhandling and storage of evidence, which has been made available to\n\nthe accused by the office of the district attorney at least five (5)\n\ndays prior to the hearing, with reference to all or any part of the\n\nevidence submitted, when certified as correct by the persons making\n\nthe report shall be received as evidence of the facts and findings\n\nstated, if relevant and otherwise admissible in evidence. If a\n\nreport is deemed relevant by the state or the accused, the court\n\nshall admit the report without the testimony of the person making\n\nthe report, unless the court, pursuant to subsection C of this\n\nsection, orders the person making the report to appear. If the\n\naccused is not served with a report, by the district attorney,\n\nwithin five (5) days prior to a hearing, the accused may be allowed\n\na continuance of the portion of the hearing to which the report is\n\nrelevant, to allow at least five (5) days' preparation subsequent to\n\nthe district attorney's furnishing of the report.\n\nB. When any alleged controlled dangerous substance has been\n\nsubmitted to the laboratory of the Bureau for analysis, and such\n\nanalysis shows that the submitted material is a controlled dangerous\n\nsubstance, the distribution of which constitutes a felony under the\n\nlaws of this state, no portion of such substance shall be released\n\nto any other person or laboratory without an order of a district\n\ncourt. The defendant shall additionally be required to submit to\n\nthe court a procedure for transfer and analysis of the subject\n\nmaterial to ensure the integrity of the sample and to prevent the\n\nmaterial from being used in any illegal manner.\n\nC. For purposes of the medical examiner's report of\n\ninvestigation or autopsy report, or a laboratory report from a\n\nforensic laboratory operated by the State of Oklahoma or any\n\npolitical subdivision thereof or a report from the Oklahoma State\n\nBureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control as to the existence\n\nor status of any license or permit to sell, transfer, or possess\n\nprecursor substances:\n\n1. The court, upon motion of the state or the accused, shall\n\norder the attendance of any person preparing a report submitted as\n\nevidence in any hearing prior to trial or forfeiture hearing, when\n\nit appears there is a substantial likelihood that material evidence\n\nnot contained in such report may be produced by the testimony of the\n\nperson having prepared the report;\n\n2. The motion shall be filed and notice of the hearing on the\n\nmotion to order the attendance of the Chief Medical Examiner, a\neparing a report submitted as\n\nevidence in any hearing prior to trial or forfeiture hearing, when\n\nit appears there is a substantial likelihood that material evidence\n\nnot contained in such report may be produced by the testimony of the\n\nperson having prepared the report;\n\n2. The motion shall be filed and notice of the hearing on the\n\nmotion to order the attendance of the Chief Medical Examiner, a\n\nmedical examiner, consultant pathologist, or anyone under their\n\nsupervision or control shall be given to the medical examiner's\n\noffice. The hearing shall be held and, if sustained, an order\n\nissued not less than five (5) days prior to the time when the\n\ntestimony shall be required; and\n\n3. If within five (5) days prior to the hearing or during a\n\nhearing a motion is made pursuant to this subsection requiring a\n\nperson having prepared a report to testify, the court may hear a\n\nreport or other evidence but shall continue the hearing until such\n\ntime notice of the motion and hearing is given to the medical\n\nexaminer's office, the motion is heard, and, if sustained, testimony\n\nordered can be given.","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":"9242c481a1c9b1c8cfa6399d83eafdfaac1b200c5226d2970e48c19d35d9efd4","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-750","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-22-22-751.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}