Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-5-202
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Confinement of persons alleged or adjudged mentally
Official statutory text
ill, alcohol-dependent or drug-dependent.
When any person alleged in any court to be mentally ill,
alcohol-dependent, or drug-dependent, or shall have been adjudged to
be mentally ill, alcohol-dependent, or drug-dependent and shall be
in the legal custody of the county sheriff as prescribed by law, if
such person has not been charged with commission of a crime, the
said county sheriff is hereby authorized to confine such person in a
place other than the county jail to be selected by said county
sheriff and to transport such person to the place selected; provided
that such confinement shall be in a place and manner so as to
prevent such confined person from in any way endangering himself or
any other person. The county is hereby directed to expend such
funds as may be necessary to provide for such confinement outside
the county jail. Specific authority is hereby granted the county
sheriff and the county commissioners to enter into a contract with a
nursing home or facility as a place of detention. Other departments
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43A. Mental Health Page 115
and agencies of the state may not interfere with nor deter, in any
manner, this right to contract.
When any person alleged in any court to be mentally ill,
alcohol-dependent, or drug-dependent, or shall have been adjudged to
be mentally ill, alcohol-dependent, or drug-dependent and shall be
in the legal custody of the county sheriff as prescribed by law, if
such person has not been charged with commission of a crime, the
said county sheriff is hereby authorized to confine such person in a
place other than the county jail to be selected by said county
sheriff and to transport such person to the place selected; provided
that such confinement shall be in a place and manner so as to
prevent such confined person from in any way endangering himself or
any other person. The county is hereby directed to expend such
funds as may be necessary to provide for such confinement outside
the county jail. Specific authority is hereby granted the county
sheriff and the county commissioners to enter into a contract with a
nursing home or facility as a place of detention. Other departments
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43A. Mental Health Page 115
and agencies of the state may not interfere with nor deter, in any
manner, this right to contract.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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