{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-192.1","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-192.1","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act:\n\n1. “Available” means that the subject individual is either on\n\nsite or on the premises;\n\n2. “Barrack-style” means a single designated space within a\n\ndetention facility for the purpose of housing three or more inmates;\n\n3. “Bodily search” means any invasive examination by hand of an\n\ninmate or clothing of an inmate. Bodily searches shall not include\n\npat-downs;\n\n4. “Central control” means the central point within the\n\nfacility where security activities are monitored and controlled;\n\n5. “Contraband” means anything not authorized to be in the\n\npossession of an inmate;\n\n6. “Dayroom” means a space for activities that is situated\n\nimmediately adjacent to the sleeping area of inmates and is\n\nseparated from the sleeping area by a wall;\n\n7. “Department” means the State Department of Health;\n\n8. “Detention facility” means a facility that may hold a person\n\nfor an indefinite period of time including, but not limited to, a\n\ncity or county jail;\n\n9. “Detention officer” means a person whose training,\n\neducation, or experience specifically qualifies him or her to\n\nperform the duties indicated in the job description and the Oklahoma\n\nJail Standards Act or a person who holds a certification accorded\n\npursuant to the provisions of Section 3311 of Title 70 of the\n\nOklahoma Statutes. The individual performing the duties shall be\n\ntrained in appropriate laws, codes, standards, policies, and\n\nprocedures;\n\n10. “Direct supervision” means the detention officer is in\n\ndirect contact with inmates and is in a position to constantly\n\nmonitor behaviors and interact with inmates;\n\n11. “Emergency care” means medical or surgical care necessary\n\nto treat the sudden onset of a potentially life-threatening or limb-\n\nthreatening condition;\n\n12. “Facility administrator” means a sheriff, police chief,\n\ncity manager, private contractor, or a designee thereof, charged\n\nwith maintaining and operating a lockup facility or detention\n\nfacility;\n\n13. “Fixed sleeping surface” refers to a stationary or\n\ninstalled bed or slab designed to support a mattress or some other\n\ncomparable padding on which an inmate can lie down off of the floor;\n\n14. “Grievance” means a circumstance or action considered\n\nunjust;\n\n15. “Holding facility” means a facility that shall hold persons\n\nunder arrest who are charged with a crime for a period of no longer\n\nthan twelve (12) hours;\n\n16. “Hot meal” means a measure of food served and eaten at one\n\nsitting, prepared and served at a palatable temperature range of one\n\nhundred ten degrees Fahrenheit (110° F) to one hundred twenty\n\ndegrees Fahrenheit (120° F);\n\n17. “Inmate” means any individual, whether in pretrial,\n\nsentenced, or unsentenced status, who is confined in a detention\n\nfacility;\n\n18. “Juvenile” means a person who is subject solely to the\n\njurisdiction of a juvenile court or who is subject to the provisions\n\nof Section 2-5-205 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes;\n\n19. “Last locked/secure door” means the last secure barrier\n\nbetween staff and an inmate;\n\n20. “Life-endangering situation” includes, but is not limited\n\nto, a suicide attempt or obvious serious injury or illness, which in\n\nthe evaluation of the staff requires an immediate response;\n\n21. “Life-threatening” means a situation in which life-saving\n\nmeasures are taken;\n\n22. “Living area” means those areas of a detention facility\n\nutilized for the day-to-day housing and activities of inmates.\n\nThese areas do not include reception and release areas and special-\n\nuse cells such as sobering, safety, and holding or staging cells\n\nnormally located in receiving areas;\n\n23. “Lockup facility” means a facility that may hold a person\n\nno longer than ten (10) days. Such a facility may be operated by a\n\nmunicipality for the temporary detention of persons awaiting\n\narraignment. Persons who require detention for a period longer than\nion and release areas and special-\n\nuse cells such as sobering, safety, and holding or staging cells\n\nnormally located in receiving areas;\n\n23. “Lockup facility” means a facility that may hold a person\n\nno longer than ten (10) days. Such a facility may be operated by a\n\nmunicipality for the temporary detention of persons awaiting\n\narraignment. Persons who require detention for a period longer than\n\nten (10) days shall be transferred to a detention facility;\n\n24. “Nonsecure areas” means those areas where a youth or\n\njuvenile is in the custody of law enforcement and may not be able to\n\nleave or depart from the presence of law enforcement, yet the youth\n\nor juvenile is not detained in a facility which limits movement;\n\n25. “On site” means a detention officer is physically present\n\nwithin the detention facility;\n\n26. “On the premises” means a detention officer is physically\n\npresent within the structure incorporating the detention facility,\n\nor within a building or structure sharing the same realty or located\n\non realty that is contiguous to the realty upon which the structure\n\nincorporating the detention facility is located, provided that such\n\nremote building or structure is not located farther than five\n\nhundred (500) feet from the detention facility;\n\n27. “Pat-down” means a noninvasive search of an inmate by hand\n\nperformed by lightly skimming the exterior surface of the clothing\n\ncovering the legs and torso;\n\n28. “Physician or other licensed medical personnel” means a\n\npsychiatrist, medical doctor, osteopathic physician, physician\n\nassistant, Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN),\n\nemergency medical technician at the paramedic level, or Clinical\n\nNurse Specialist (CNS);\n\n29. “Sensitive functions and procedures” means any bodily\n\nsearch or the visual supervision of any activity requiring an inmate\n\nto partially or fully disrobe;\n\n30. “Safety check” means direct, visual observation performed\n\nat random intervals within time frames prescribed in the regulations\n\npursuant to this act to provide for the health and welfare of\n\ninmates;\n\n31. “Sight contact” means clear visibility within close\n\nproximity;\n\n32. “Sound contact” means direct oral communication;\n\n33. “Substantial remodeling” means remodeling for which the\n\ncost to repair is at least fifty percent (50%) of the cost to\n\nreplace the facility;\n\n34. “Sustained contact” means sight or sound contact that is\n\nnot brief and inadvertent;\n\n35. “Temporary sleeping surface” means any appropriate item\n\nused in overcrowding situations on which an inmate can lie down and\n\nbe kept off of the floor on an interim basis;\n\n36. “Waiver” is a long-term deviation from a standard in\n\nextenuating circumstances which are not likely to be overcome in a\n\nreasonable period of time; and\n\n37. “Variance” is a temporary deviation from a standard in\n\nextenuating circumstances which can be overcome in a reasonable\n\nperiod of time.","path":["OK Code","Title 74"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os74.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"4dff7b69b980e216dd77b6b8d49e219ec9544982565dc7ce9228c3da0e14f90a","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-192","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-74-74-192.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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