{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-5-506","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-5-506","heading":"Initial assessment - Emergency admission or detention –","body":"Evaluation - Hearing.\n\nA. Any parent, guardian, or law enforcement officer may request\n\nthe administrator of a facility or designee to conduct an initial\n\nassessment of a minor to determine whether the minor is a minor\n\nrequiring treatment.\n\nB. Following an initial assessment, a minor may be admitted or\n\ndetained on an emergency basis in a mental health or substance abuse\n\ntreatment facility that is willing to admit or detain the minor for\n\na period not to exceed five (5) days from the time of admission or\n\ndetention, excluding weekends and legal holidays. The admission or\n\ndetention for an emergency basis may only exceed five (5) days,\n\nexcluding weekends or holidays, if the facility receives a\n\nprehearing detention order authorizing detention pending a hearing\n\non a petition to determine whether the minor is a minor in need of\n\ntreatment and to require inpatient treatment.\n\nC. 1. A minor admitted or detained pursuant to this section\n\nshall be evaluated by a licensed mental health professional to\n\ndetermine whether the minor is a minor in need of treatment.\n\na. If the licensed mental health professional determines\n\nthat the minor is a minor in need of treatment, the\n\nlicensed mental health professional shall submit the\n\nmental health evaluation to the district attorney\n\nwithin forty-eight (48) hours, excluding weekends or\n\nholidays, of admission, detention, or revocation of\n\nthe consent of the minor sixteen (16) years of age or\n\nolder or to the parent.\n\nb. If the licensed mental health professional determines\n\nthat the minor is not a minor in need of treatment,\n\nthe minor shall immediately be discharged.\n\n2. Upon admission or detention of a minor pursuant to this\n\nsection, the person requesting the petition shall immediately notify\n\nthe district attorney. The district attorney shall file a petition\n\nas provided in Section 5-509 of this title within three (3) days of\n\nreceipt of the report and shall request a prehearing detention order\n\nfrom the court authorizing further detention of the child in the\n\nfacility pending a hearing on a petition alleging the minor to be a\n\nminor in need of treatment and to require inpatient treatment and\n\nfurther order of the court. If the district attorney refuses to\n\nfile a petition, the district attorney must immediately notify the\n\nrequesting facility, in writing, of the refusal to file.\n\na. If the court finds probable cause exists that the\n\nminor is a minor in need of treatment, the court shall\n\nissue a prehearing detention order authorizing the\n\nfacility to detain the minor until the hearing on the\n\npetition and to immediately set a date and time for a\n\nhearing on the petition. A certified copy of the\n\nprehearing detention order shall constitute authority\n\nfor a facility to detain or continue to detain the\n\nminor who is the subject of the order.\n\nb. If the court does not find probable cause exists that\n\nthe minor is a minor in need of treatment, the court\n\nshall dismiss the petition and request for a\n\nprehearing detention order and order the release of\n\nthe minor to the minor’s parent.","path":["OK Code","Title 43A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os43A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"3e8e01b65e159bb4794252581cde3fc20855819dd1ab72b32fc347b5829edb38","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-5-505.1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-43a-43a-5-507"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}