[Previous] [Next]
§10-1116.2.
§10-1116.2.
A. There is hereby established a postadjudication review board in each
judicial district in the state. Members and alternate members of the
postadjudication review boards shall be residents of or employed
within the judicial district in which the board serves and shall be
appointed by the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth after
consultation with judges in the judicial district having juvenile
docket responsibility. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth
may establish additional postadjudication review boards as needed for
each county within a judicial district.
B. A postadjudication review board for each judicial district shall
consist of at least five (5) members. Alternate review board members
may be appointed to serve in the absence of a regularly appointed
board member. Alternate board members shall be appointed in the same
manner as regularly appointed board members. On and after September 1,
1991, currently serving board members shall serve until appointments
are made by the Commission on Children and Youth. The Commission on
Children and Youth shall complete initial appointments to the review
boards no later than June 30, 1992.
C. Board members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years.
Members shall serve after the expiration of their terms until their
respective successors shall have been appointed. Vacancies shall be
filled for the duration of unexpired terms. The review board members
shall be appointed according to the following guidelines:
1. One member shall be a person who has training or experience in
issues concerning child welfare, or a person who has demonstrated an
interest in children through voluntary community service or
professional activities;
2. Whenever possible, at least one member of the board shall be an
individual who has served as a foster parent, provided that no person
on the review board shall participate as a board member in any review
hearing in which he is a party; and
3. No more than one person employed by any child welfare agency or
juvenile court may be appointed to a board at the same time, provided
such person shall not participate in any review hearing in which he is
professionally involved.
D. Each postadjudication review board shall annually elect a
chairperson and shall notify the Commission on Children and Youth as
to the name and address of the chairman. A list of the members of each
local board and its officers shall be filed with the Presiding Judge
of the judicial district and each judge within the district having
juvenile docket responsibility.
E. Each postadjudication review board shall meet as often as is
necessary at a place it designates to carry out the duties of the
board established by Section 1116.3 of this title. The review board
shall meet at least twice annually. Each review board shall be subject
to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act, except that the
actual case reviews shall be held in executive session and the names
of the children in placement shall not be published.
F. As a condition of membership thereto, members and alternates of the
postadjudication review boards shall attend the next available
orientation program after appointment to the board. Failure to attend
an orientation program, at the discretion of the Commission on
Children and Youth, may result in the removal of the board member.
Members of postadjudication review boards shall attend the annual
meeting or training programs or both such meeting and training
programs as are authorized and directed by the Commission on Children
and Youth.
G. Members of postadjudication review boards shall serve without
compensation, but shall be reimbursed for travel and training expenses
from monies appropriated by the Legislature for such purposes, as
provided by the State Travel Reimbursement Act.
H. The Commission on Children and Youth shall be responsible for
developing procedures for the removal of a member from a
postadjudication review board. The grounds for the removal of a
postadjudication review board member shall include but not be limited
to:
1. Failure to attend board meetings as required by the Commission on
Children and Youth;
2. Engaging in illegal conduct involving moral turpitude;
3. Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or
misrepresentation; or
4. Wrongful disclosure of information as provided by Section 1116.4 of
this title.
I. Necessary staff assistance required by the postadjudication review
boards may be provided by the bailiff or bailiffs, or other person
designated by the court, of the judges with juvenile docket
responsibility in the judicial district. Upon the request of the
presiding judge, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may authorize
additional staff to be paid from local court funds to assist the
review board.
The Administrative Director of the Courts may include such additional
funding requests in the annual budget for the courts as are necessary
to provide staff and administrative support for the review boards.
[Previous] [Next]