Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-1116.2v2

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 Director of the Oklahoma Commission on

Children and Youth after consultation with judges in the judicial

district having juvenile docket responsibility. In the event of a

conflict of interest or for any reason when circumstances dictate,

the Director may transfer the appointment decision to the Commission

whose decision shall be final. An aggrieved candidate may appeal a

decision of the Director denying appointment within five (5) days to

the Commission, whose decision shall be final. The Commission may

establish additional postadjudication review boards as needed for

each county within a judicial district.

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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.

C. Board members shall be appointed for a term of five (5)

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 as follows:

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 the person 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 the person is professionally involved.

D. Each review board shall annually elect a chair and shall

provide the Commission with the contact information of the chair. 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. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a person

participating in a judicial proceeding as a postadjudication review

board member, a member of the State Postadjudication Review Advisory

Board created in Section 1116.6 of this title, or postadjudication

review board staff is acting in good faith. When acting in good

faith, a participant shall be immune from any civil liability that

might otherwise be incurred or imposed. Each 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. Upon request, members or prospective members of

other review boards, students or researchers may observe, but not

participate in, board meetings subject to conditions imposed by the

board. Further, members and staff of the State Postadjudication

Review Advisory Board who are exercising their oversight

responsibilities pursuant to state law may observe, but not

participate in, board meetings. All parties shall maintain

confidentiality, and the names of the children in placement shall
may observe, but not

participate in, board meetings subject to conditions imposed by the

board. Further, members and staff of the State Postadjudication

Review Advisory Board who are exercising their oversight

responsibilities pursuant to state law may observe, but not

participate in, board meetings. All parties shall maintain

confidentiality, and the names of the children in placement shall

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not be published. Temporary ad hoc review boards may be created in

counties in which there is no active review board. The Director of

the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth may appoint active or

alternate members of existing review boards to serve as members of

local boards that are unable to meet quorum requirements and to

temporarily constitute members of a new board where no current board

exists. A member appointed to temporary service shall be fully

qualified as provided by law, and such service shall terminate when

the basis for the appointment is remedied or upon the order of the

Director.

F. As a condition of service, members and alternates of a

postadjudication review board shall attend the next available

orientation program after appointment to the board. Failure to

attend an orientation program, at the discretion of the Commission,

may result in the removal of the board member. Members shall

receive additional training as required by the Commission.

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.

The Commission shall provide members of postadjudication review

boards with necessary operating supplies or members shall be

reimbursed for these expenses.

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 removal shall

include but not be limited to:

1. Failure to attend board meetings as required by the

Commission;

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.