Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-2-401.1
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in Sections 2-2-401.1 through 2-2-401.7 of this title:
1. "Competent" and "competency" refer to a child's ability to
understand the nature and objectives of a proceeding against the
child or to assist in the child's defense. A child is incompetent
if, due to developmental disability, developmental immaturity,
intellectual disability, or mental illness, the child is presently
incapable of understanding the nature and objective of proceedings
against the child or of assisting in the child's defense;
2. "Credentialed forensic evaluator" means a licensed
psychologist, psychiatrist or other physician with necessary
education, training, and experience to perform juvenile competency
evaluations, and who has been approved to render such opinions for
the court;
3. "Developmental disability" means a severe and chronic
disability that is attributable to a mental or physical impairment.
Such disabilities include, but are not limited to, cerebral palsy,
epilepsy, autism, or other neurological conditions that lead to
impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior;
4. "Developmental immaturity" means a condition based on a
juvenile's chronological age and significant lack of developmental
skills when the juvenile has no significant mental illness or
intellectual disability;
5. "Intellectual disability" means a disability characterized
by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in
adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social and practical
adaptive skills;
6. "Mental illness" has the same meaning as in paragraph 11 of
Section 5-502 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
7. "Proceeding" means any delinquency or youthful offender
proceeding under the Oklahoma Juvenile Code.
1. "Competent" and "competency" refer to a child's ability to
understand the nature and objectives of a proceeding against the
child or to assist in the child's defense. A child is incompetent
if, due to developmental disability, developmental immaturity,
intellectual disability, or mental illness, the child is presently
incapable of understanding the nature and objective of proceedings
against the child or of assisting in the child's defense;
2. "Credentialed forensic evaluator" means a licensed
psychologist, psychiatrist or other physician with necessary
education, training, and experience to perform juvenile competency
evaluations, and who has been approved to render such opinions for
the court;
3. "Developmental disability" means a severe and chronic
disability that is attributable to a mental or physical impairment.
Such disabilities include, but are not limited to, cerebral palsy,
epilepsy, autism, or other neurological conditions that lead to
impairment of general intellectual functioning or adaptive behavior;
4. "Developmental immaturity" means a condition based on a
juvenile's chronological age and significant lack of developmental
skills when the juvenile has no significant mental illness or
intellectual disability;
5. "Intellectual disability" means a disability characterized
by significant limitations both in intellectual functioning and in
adaptive behavior as expressed in conceptual, social and practical
adaptive skills;
6. "Mental illness" has the same meaning as in paragraph 11 of
Section 5-502 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
7. "Proceeding" means any delinquency or youthful offender
proceeding under the Oklahoma Juvenile Code.
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