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§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.
   

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