{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1350.8","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-1350.8","heading":"Psychological evaluation","body":"A. Each applicant for a bail enforcer license shall be\n\nadministered any current standard form of the Minnesota Multiphasic\n\nPersonality Inventory (MMPI), or other psychological evaluation\n\ninstrument approved by the Council on Law Enforcement Education and\n\nTraining, which shall be administered in conjunction with training\n\nin Phase I required by the Bail Enforcement and Licensing Act. The\n\nbail enforcer training school administering such instrument shall\n\nforward the response data to a psychologist licensed by the State\n\nBoard of Examiners of Psychologists for evaluation. The licensed\n\npsychologist shall be of the applicant's choice. It shall be the\n\nresponsibility of the applicant to bear the cost of the\n\npsychological evaluation. No bail enforcer license shall be issued\n\nunless the applicant meets the standards established by the Council\n\nfor psychological evaluation.\n\nB. If the licensed psychologist is unable to certify the\n\napplicant's psychological capability to exercise appropriate\n\njudgment, restraint, and self-control, after evaluating the data,\n\nthe psychologist shall employ whatever other psychological measuring\n\ninstruments or techniques deemed necessary to form a professional\n\nopinion. The use of any psychological measuring instruments or\n\ntechniques shall require a full and complete written explanation to\n\nthe Council.\n\nC. The psychologist shall forward a written psychological\n\nevaluation, on a form prescribed by the Council, to the Council\n\nwithin fifteen (15) days of the evaluation, even if the applicant is\n\nfound to be psychologically at risk. The Council may utilize the\n\nresults of the psychological evaluation for up to six (6) months\n\nfrom the date of the evaluation after which the applicant shall be\n\nreexamined. No person who has been found psychologically at risk in\n\nthe exercise of appropriate judgment, restraint, or self-control\n\nshall reapply for certification until one (1) year from the date of\n\nbeing found psychologically at risk.\n\nD. 1. Retired peace officers who have been certified by the\n\nCouncil shall be exempt from the provisions of this section for a\n\nperiod of one (1) year from retirement; provided there is no\n\nevidence of an inability to exercise appropriate judgment,\n\nrestraint, and self-control during prior active duty as a law\n\nenforcement officer and upon subsequent retirement.\n\n2. Retired peace officers who are not exempt from this section\n\nand who have previously undergone treatment for a mental illness,\n\ncondition, or disorder which required medication or supervision, as\n\ndefined by paragraph 7 of Section 1290.10 of Title 21 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes, shall not be eligible to apply for a bail\n\nenforcer license except upon presentation of a certified statement\n\nfrom a licensed physician stating that the person is no longer\n\ndisabled by any mental or psychiatric illness, condition, or\n\ndisorder.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"83103121029f71595333c3a3dcf6869cc41f13d366497d2d13670733f9302a38","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1350.7","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-1350.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}