Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-843.6
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Payment of costs by defendant upon conviction
Official statutory text
A. 1. In addition to any other costs which a court is
authorized to require a defendant to pay, upon conviction of any
offense involving child abuse or neglect, the court may require that
the defendant pay court-appointed attorney fees for the child to any
local or state agency incurring the cost or any other person or
entity providing services to or on behalf of the child, and the cost
of any medical examinations conducted on the child in order to
determine the nature or extent of the abuse or neglect.
2. If the court determines that the defendant has the ability
to pay all or part of the costs, the court may set the amount to be
reimbursed and order the defendant to pay that sum to the local or
state agency or other person or entity incurring the cost in the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 361
manner in which the court believes reasonable and compatible with
the defendant's financial ability.
3. In making a determination of whether a defendant has the
ability to pay, the court shall take into account the amount of any
fine imposed upon the defendant and any amount the defendant has
been ordered to pay in restitution.
B. 1. In addition to any other costs which a court is
authorized to require a defendant to pay, upon conviction of any
offense involving sexual abuse, the court may require that the
defendant pay, to the local or state agency incurring the cost, the
cost of any medical examinations conducted on the child for the
collection and preservation of evidence.
2. If the court determines that the defendant has the ability
to pay all or part of the cost of the medical examination, the court
may set the amount to be reimbursed and order the defendant to pay
that sum to the local or state agency incurring the cost, in the
manner in which the court believes reasonable and compatible with
the defendant's financial ability.
3. In making the determination of whether a defendant has the
ability to pay, the court shall take into account the amount of any
fine imposed upon the defendant and any amount the defendant has
been ordered to pay in restitution.
4. In no event shall a court penalize an indigent defendant by
imposing an additional period of imprisonment in lieu of payment.
C. 1. The court shall require the defendant to pay, upon
conviction of any offense involving the sexual or physical abuse of
a child, for the psychological evaluation to determine the extent of
counseling necessary for the victim of the abuse and any necessary
psychological counseling deemed necessary to rehabilitate the child.
2. Such evaluations and counseling may be performed by
psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed professional counselors or
social workers. The results of the examination shall be included in
the court records and in information contained in the central
registry.
authorized to require a defendant to pay, upon conviction of any
offense involving child abuse or neglect, the court may require that
the defendant pay court-appointed attorney fees for the child to any
local or state agency incurring the cost or any other person or
entity providing services to or on behalf of the child, and the cost
of any medical examinations conducted on the child in order to
determine the nature or extent of the abuse or neglect.
2. If the court determines that the defendant has the ability
to pay all or part of the costs, the court may set the amount to be
reimbursed and order the defendant to pay that sum to the local or
state agency or other person or entity incurring the cost in the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 361
manner in which the court believes reasonable and compatible with
the defendant's financial ability.
3. In making a determination of whether a defendant has the
ability to pay, the court shall take into account the amount of any
fine imposed upon the defendant and any amount the defendant has
been ordered to pay in restitution.
B. 1. In addition to any other costs which a court is
authorized to require a defendant to pay, upon conviction of any
offense involving sexual abuse, the court may require that the
defendant pay, to the local or state agency incurring the cost, the
cost of any medical examinations conducted on the child for the
collection and preservation of evidence.
2. If the court determines that the defendant has the ability
to pay all or part of the cost of the medical examination, the court
may set the amount to be reimbursed and order the defendant to pay
that sum to the local or state agency incurring the cost, in the
manner in which the court believes reasonable and compatible with
the defendant's financial ability.
3. In making the determination of whether a defendant has the
ability to pay, the court shall take into account the amount of any
fine imposed upon the defendant and any amount the defendant has
been ordered to pay in restitution.
4. In no event shall a court penalize an indigent defendant by
imposing an additional period of imprisonment in lieu of payment.
C. 1. The court shall require the defendant to pay, upon
conviction of any offense involving the sexual or physical abuse of
a child, for the psychological evaluation to determine the extent of
counseling necessary for the victim of the abuse and any necessary
psychological counseling deemed necessary to rehabilitate the child.
2. Such evaluations and counseling may be performed by
psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed professional counselors or
social workers. The results of the examination shall be included in
the court records and in information contained in the central
registry.
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