Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-2-108
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treatment.
A. After a petition under the provisions of this article has
been filed, the court may order the child to be examined and
evaluated for medical issues, including behavioral health diagnoses,
by a physician or other appropriate professional to aid the court in
making the proper disposition concerning the child.
B. Whenever a child concerning whom a petition has been filed
appears to be in need of nursing, medical or surgical care, the
court may order the parent or other person responsible for the care
and support of the child to provide such care in a hospital or
otherwise. If the parent or other person fails to provide such
care, the court may, after due notice, enter an order therefor, and
the expense thereof, when approved by the court, shall be a charge
upon the county, but the court may adjudge that the person having
the duty under the law to support the child pay part or all of the
expenses of such care. In an emergency the court may, when health
or condition of the child may require it, cause the child to be
placed in a public hospital or institution for treatment or special
care, or in a private hospital or institution which will receive the
child for like purpose, and consent to emergency treatment or
surgery.
A. After a petition under the provisions of this article has
been filed, the court may order the child to be examined and
evaluated for medical issues, including behavioral health diagnoses,
by a physician or other appropriate professional to aid the court in
making the proper disposition concerning the child.
B. Whenever a child concerning whom a petition has been filed
appears to be in need of nursing, medical or surgical care, the
court may order the parent or other person responsible for the care
and support of the child to provide such care in a hospital or
otherwise. If the parent or other person fails to provide such
care, the court may, after due notice, enter an order therefor, and
the expense thereof, when approved by the court, shall be a charge
upon the county, but the court may adjudge that the person having
the duty under the law to support the child pay part or all of the
expenses of such care. In an emergency the court may, when health
or condition of the child may require it, cause the child to be
placed in a public hospital or institution for treatment or special
care, or in a private hospital or institution which will receive the
child for like purpose, and consent to emergency treatment or
surgery.
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