Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-10-111
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District court orders - Visitation
Official statutory text
A. 1. The district courts are vested with jurisdiction to
issue orders and enforce orders restricting visitation, by the
custodian or by any other person specified by the court, of a
vulnerable adult who is receiving or has been determined to need
protective services pursuant to the Protective Services for
Vulnerable Adults Act.
2. Whenever it is consistent with the welfare and safety of a
vulnerable adult, the court shall restrict the visitation of a
custodian or other person specified by the court who is alleged or
has been determined to have abused, neglected or exploited the
vulnerable adult.
3. Notice as ordered by the court shall be given to the
custodian or other person alleged or determined to have abused,
neglected or exploited a vulnerable adult.
B. If the Department of Human Services determines, as a result
of its investigation or an investigation by the Office of Client
Advocacy within the State Department of Health, that a vulnerable
adult needs voluntary or involuntary protective services as a result
of abuse, neglect or exploitation by the caretaker or by any other
person, the Department of Human Services may petition the district
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court to restrict the visitation of such custodian or other person
with the vulnerable adult.
C. 1. Consistent with the welfare and safety of the vulnerable
adult, the court may require supervised visitation, prohibit
visitation or otherwise limit the visitation by the custodian or
such other person with the vulnerable adult.
2. The basis for restricting visitation shall be stated in the
record by the court.
D. The owner, operator or any facility personnel of a nursing
home, residential home, assisted living facility or other long-term
care facility having reason to believe that visitation of a
vulnerable adult should be restricted may notify the Office of the
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman within the Office of the Attorney
General or the appropriate state entity. Any other person having
reason to believe that visitation of a vulnerable adult should be
restricted may notify the appropriate state entity pursuant to the
Protective Services for Vulnerable Adults Act.
issue orders and enforce orders restricting visitation, by the
custodian or by any other person specified by the court, of a
vulnerable adult who is receiving or has been determined to need
protective services pursuant to the Protective Services for
Vulnerable Adults Act.
2. Whenever it is consistent with the welfare and safety of a
vulnerable adult, the court shall restrict the visitation of a
custodian or other person specified by the court who is alleged or
has been determined to have abused, neglected or exploited the
vulnerable adult.
3. Notice as ordered by the court shall be given to the
custodian or other person alleged or determined to have abused,
neglected or exploited a vulnerable adult.
B. If the Department of Human Services determines, as a result
of its investigation or an investigation by the Office of Client
Advocacy within the State Department of Health, that a vulnerable
adult needs voluntary or involuntary protective services as a result
of abuse, neglect or exploitation by the caretaker or by any other
person, the Department of Human Services may petition the district
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43A. Mental Health Page 230
court to restrict the visitation of such custodian or other person
with the vulnerable adult.
C. 1. Consistent with the welfare and safety of the vulnerable
adult, the court may require supervised visitation, prohibit
visitation or otherwise limit the visitation by the custodian or
such other person with the vulnerable adult.
2. The basis for restricting visitation shall be stated in the
record by the court.
D. The owner, operator or any facility personnel of a nursing
home, residential home, assisted living facility or other long-term
care facility having reason to believe that visitation of a
vulnerable adult should be restricted may notify the Office of the
State Long-Term Care Ombudsman within the Office of the Attorney
General or the appropriate state entity. Any other person having
reason to believe that visitation of a vulnerable adult should be
restricted may notify the appropriate state entity pursuant to the
Protective Services for Vulnerable Adults Act.
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