Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-1-8-101
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Education and training of judicial personnel and
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attorneys with juvenile docket responsibility.
A. 1. The Supreme Court is required to establish by rule,
education and training requirements for judges, associate judges,
special judges, and referees who have juvenile docket
responsibility. Rules shall include, but not be limited to,
education and training relating to juvenile law, child abuse and
neglect, foster care and out-of-home placement, domestic violence,
behavioral health treatment, and other similar topics.
2. All judges having juvenile docket responsibility shall
attend at least twelve (12) hours of training in such courses each
calendar year relating to the topics described in paragraph 1 of
this subsection.
3. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall be
responsible for developing and administering procedures and rules
for such courses for judicial personnel, including monitoring the
attendance of judicial personnel at such training.
B. 1. Any district attorney, assistant district attorney,
public defender, assistant public defender, attorney employed by or
under contract with the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, court-
appointed attorney, or attorney employed by or under contract with a
district court whose duties include juvenile docket responsibility
shall complete at least six (6) hours of education and training
annually in courses relating to the topics described in paragraph 1
of subsection A of this section. These education and training
requirements may be accomplished through a collaborative effort
between the judiciary and others with juvenile docket
responsibilities.
2. Each judicial district shall be responsible for developing
and administering procedures and rules for such courses for
attorneys identified in this subsection whose duties routinely
include juvenile court docket responsibilities. The chief judge of
each judicial district, or any designee judge with juvenile docket
responsibilities, shall carry out this mandate within one (1) year
of the effective date of this legislation.
A. 1. The Supreme Court is required to establish by rule,
education and training requirements for judges, associate judges,
special judges, and referees who have juvenile docket
responsibility. Rules shall include, but not be limited to,
education and training relating to juvenile law, child abuse and
neglect, foster care and out-of-home placement, domestic violence,
behavioral health treatment, and other similar topics.
2. All judges having juvenile docket responsibility shall
attend at least twelve (12) hours of training in such courses each
calendar year relating to the topics described in paragraph 1 of
this subsection.
3. The Administrative Director of the Courts shall be
responsible for developing and administering procedures and rules
for such courses for judicial personnel, including monitoring the
attendance of judicial personnel at such training.
B. 1. Any district attorney, assistant district attorney,
public defender, assistant public defender, attorney employed by or
under contract with the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System, court-
appointed attorney, or attorney employed by or under contract with a
district court whose duties include juvenile docket responsibility
shall complete at least six (6) hours of education and training
annually in courses relating to the topics described in paragraph 1
of subsection A of this section. These education and training
requirements may be accomplished through a collaborative effort
between the judiciary and others with juvenile docket
responsibilities.
2. Each judicial district shall be responsible for developing
and administering procedures and rules for such courses for
attorneys identified in this subsection whose duties routinely
include juvenile court docket responsibilities. The chief judge of
each judicial district, or any designee judge with juvenile docket
responsibilities, shall carry out this mandate within one (1) year
of the effective date of this legislation.
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