{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2-106","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2-106","heading":"Powers and duties of Director","body":"A. The Director of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and\n\nDangerous Drugs Control shall, in addition to other powers and\n\nduties vested in the Director:\n\n1. Cooperate with federal and other state agencies in\n\ndischarging the responsibilities concerning traffic in narcotics and\n\ndangerous substances and in suppressing the abuse of dangerous\n\nsubstances;\n\n2. Arrange for the exchange of information between governmental\n\nofficials concerning the use and abuse of dangerous substances;\n\n3. Coordinate and cooperate in training programs on dangerous\n\nsubstances law enforcement at the local and state levels;\n\n4. Cooperate with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and\n\nDangerous Drugs Control by establishing a centralized unit which\n\nwill accept, catalog, file and collect statistics including records\n\nof drug-dependent persons and other dangerous substance law\n\noffenders within the state, and make such information available for\n\nfederal, state and local law enforcement purposes; and may collect\n\nand furnish statistics for other appropriate purposes; and\n\n5. Coordinate and cooperate in programs of eradication aimed at\n\ndestroying wild or illicit growth of plant species from which\n\ncontrolled dangerous substances may be extracted.\n\nB. Results, information and evidence received from the Oklahoma\n\nState Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control relating to\n\nthe regulatory functions of Section 2-101 et seq. of this title\n\nincluding results of inspections conducted by that agency, may be\n\nrelied upon and acted upon by the Director in conformance with the\n\nregulatory functions under Section 2-101 et seq. of this title.\n\nC. The Director is further authorized and directed to:\n\n1. Coordinate and cooperate in educational programs designed to\n\nprevent and deter misuse and abuse of controlled dangerous\n\nsubstances;\n\n2. Promote better recognition of the problems of misuse and\n\nabuse of controlled dangerous substances within the regulated\n\nindustry and among interested groups and organizations;\n\n3. Assist the regulated industry, interested groups and\n\norganizations in contributing to the reduction of misuse and abuse\n\nof controlled dangerous substances;\n\n4. Consult with interested groups and organizations to aid them\n\nin solving administrative and organizational problems;\n\n5. Assist in evaluating procedures, projects, techniques and\n\ncontrols conducted or proposed as part of educational programs on\n\nmisuse and abuse of controlled dangerous substances;\n\n6. Disseminate the results of research on misuse and abuse of\n\ncontrolled dangerous substances to promote a better public\n\nunderstanding of what problems exist and what can be done to combat\n\nthem;\n\n7. Assist in the education and training of state and local law\n\nenforcement officials in their efforts to control misuse and abuse\n\nof controlled dangerous substances;\n\n8. Conduct an annual seminar to be attended by selected law\n\nenforcement officers in order to teach new techniques and advances\n\nin the investigation of violations of the Uniform Controlled\n\nDangerous Substances Act; and\n\n9. Supervise and direct agents appointed in the performance of\n\ntheir function of enforcement of the provisions of Section 2-101 et\n\nseq. of this title.\n\nD. The Director is further authorized and directed to:\n\n1. Encourage research on misuse and abuse of controlled\n\ndangerous substances;\n\n2. Cooperate in establishing methods to assess accurately the\n\neffects of controlled dangerous substances and to identify and\n\ncharacterize controlled dangerous substances with potential for\n\nabuse; and\n\n3. Cooperate in making studies and in undertaking programs of\n\nresearch to:\n\na. develop new or improved approaches, techniques,\n\nsystems, equipment and devices to strengthen the\n\nenforcement of Section 2-101 et seq. of this title,\n\nb. determine patterns of misuse and abuse of controlled\n\ndangerous substances and the social effects thereof,\n\nand\ndangerous substances with potential for\n\nabuse; and\n\n3. Cooperate in making studies and in undertaking programs of\n\nresearch to:\n\na. develop new or improved approaches, techniques,\n\nsystems, equipment and devices to strengthen the\n\nenforcement of Section 2-101 et seq. of this title,\n\nb. determine patterns of misuse and abuse of controlled\n\ndangerous substances and the social effects thereof,\n\nand\n\nc. improve methods for preventing, predicting,\n\nunderstanding and dealing with the misuse and abuse of\n\ncontrolled dangerous substances.\n\nE. The Director shall prepare a yearly report on all deaths and\n\nnonfatal overdoses which were the result or probable result of abuse\n\nof a controlled dangerous substance. The yearly report shall be\n\nlimited to statistical information including, but not limited to,\n\nthe county where the death or nonfatal overdose occurred, age, race,\n\ngender, type of controlled dangerous substances involved in the\n\ndeath or nonfatal overdose, and the method in which the controlled\n\ndangerous substance was obtained by the person, when available.\n\nF. The Director may enter into contracts with public agencies,\n\ninstitutions of higher education and private organizations or\n\nindividuals for the purpose of conducting research, demonstrations\n\nor special projects which bear directly on misuse and abuse of\n\ncontrolled dangerous substances.\n\nG. The Director may enter into contracts for educational and\n\nresearch activities without performance bonds.\n\nH. The Director may authorize persons engaged in research or\n\nscientific activities on the use and effects of dangerous substances\n\nto withhold the names and other identifying characteristics of\n\npersons who are the subjects of such research. Persons who obtain\n\nthis authorization may not be compelled in any state civil,\n\ncriminal, administrative, legislative or other proceeding to\n\nidentify the subjects of research for which such authorization was\n\nobtained.\n\nI. The Director may authorize the lawful possession,\n\ndistribution and use of controlled dangerous substances by persons\n\nengaged in research or scientific activities; authorization for\n\npossession of controlled dangerous substances may be extended to\n\npersons engaged in a program of drug education or persons in the\n\nperformance of an official duty. Persons who obtain this\n\nauthorization shall be exempt from state prosecution for possession,\n\ndistribution or use of dangerous substances to the extent authorized\n\nby the Director.\n\nJ. The Director is authorized to accept gifts, bequests,\n\ndevises, contributions and grants, public or private including\n\nfederal funds or funds from any other source for use in furthering\n\nthe purpose of the office of the Director.\n\nK. The Director is authorized to purchase or sell real\n\nproperty, together with appurtenances, in the name of the Oklahoma\n\nState Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control upon approval\n\nof the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs\n\nControl Commission.\n\nL. The Director is authorized to purchase and maintain motor\n\nvehicles and other equipment for use by the employees of the Bureau.\n\nM. The Director shall be in charge of all monies appropriated\n\nfor or deposited to the credit of the office of the Director and is\n\nauthorized to approve claims and payrolls as provided in Section\n\n41.26 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes.\n\nN. The Director shall have the authority of a peace officer and\n\nis authorized to commission assistants of the office as peace\n\nofficers.\n\nO. The Director shall have the authority to enter into\n\ninteragency transfers with the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Oklahoma\n\nAlcoholic Beverages Laws Enforcement Commission as provided for in\n\nSection 1 of this act.\n\nP. Upon determining that a practitioner is prescribing a\nnd\n\nis authorized to commission assistants of the office as peace\n\nofficers.\n\nO. The Director shall have the authority to enter into\n\ninteragency transfers with the Oklahoma State Bureau of\n\nInvestigation, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and the Oklahoma\n\nAlcoholic Beverages Laws Enforcement Commission as provided for in\n\nSection 1 of this act.\n\nP. Upon determining that a practitioner is prescribing a\n\ncontrolled dangerous substance to a person engaged in fraudulent or\n\ndeceptive efforts to fill or refill multiple prescriptions for\n\ncontrolled dangerous substances, the Director shall provide written\n\nor electronic notification alerting the practitioner to the\n\npossibility that the person may be unlawfully obtaining prescription\n\ndrugs in violation of the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances\n\nAct.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c9cd34d62d3f07a8299f9f7ad940fc493af4997c93b90b38cfee6f236d1746d0","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2-105","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2-106.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}