Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-2-401.4
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Credentialed forensic evaluators - Exceptions
Official statutory text
A. An evaluation ordered by the court shall be conducted by a
credentialed forensic evaluator.
1. A credentialed forensic evaluator shall demonstrate
education or training in the following areas as necessary for the
focus of the evaluation ordered by the court:
a. forensic evaluation procedures for juveniles,
including accepted criteria used in evaluating
competency,
b. evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of children and
adolescents with developmental disability,
developmental immaturity, intellectual disability, or
mental illness,
c. clinical understanding of child and adolescent
development, and
d. familiarity with competency standards in this state.
2. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall
establish procedures for ensuring the training and qualifications of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 294
individuals approved to conduct juvenile competency evaluations.
The Commission shall provide a list of credentialed forensic
evaluators to the Administrative Office of the Courts.
B. A court may appoint as evaluator a psychologist,
psychiatrist, or other physician who does not meet the requirements
of subsection A of this section only if exigent circumstances
require the evaluator to have specialized expertise to examine the
child that would not ordinarily be possessed by a psychologist,
psychiatrist, or other physician who meets the requirements of a
credentialed forensic evaluator.
credentialed forensic evaluator.
1. A credentialed forensic evaluator shall demonstrate
education or training in the following areas as necessary for the
focus of the evaluation ordered by the court:
a. forensic evaluation procedures for juveniles,
including accepted criteria used in evaluating
competency,
b. evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of children and
adolescents with developmental disability,
developmental immaturity, intellectual disability, or
mental illness,
c. clinical understanding of child and adolescent
development, and
d. familiarity with competency standards in this state.
2. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall
establish procedures for ensuring the training and qualifications of
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 10A. Children and Juvenile Code Page 294
individuals approved to conduct juvenile competency evaluations.
The Commission shall provide a list of credentialed forensic
evaluators to the Administrative Office of the Courts.
B. A court may appoint as evaluator a psychologist,
psychiatrist, or other physician who does not meet the requirements
of subsection A of this section only if exigent circumstances
require the evaluator to have specialized expertise to examine the
child that would not ordinarily be possessed by a psychologist,
psychiatrist, or other physician who meets the requirements of a
credentialed forensic evaluator.
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