Okla. Stat. tit. 57, § 57-400
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Acute psychiatric care units
Official statutory text
The Department of Corrections is hereby authorized to establish
units at one or more institutions for the care and treatment of
inmates who are or become in need of acute psychiatric care. The
Department shall have the following powers and duties in the
operation thereof:
1. The Department shall establish procedures to outline means
of identification of inmates who are or become in need of acute
psychiatric care and for assignment of such inmates to the units
described in this subsection. Prior to assignment there shall be a
due process hearing conducted by the Department of Corrections to
determine whether the inmate is in need of acute psychiatric care.
The inmate shall be entitled to have a staff representative
appointed to represent the inmate, if he or she so requests, but
shall not have an attorney appointed or paid by the Department to
represent the inmate at the administrative hearing; and
2. Once an inmate has been assigned to a unit described in this
subsection, treatment and medication may be administered to the
inmate as provided in Section 5-204 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 106
units at one or more institutions for the care and treatment of
inmates who are or become in need of acute psychiatric care. The
Department shall have the following powers and duties in the
operation thereof:
1. The Department shall establish procedures to outline means
of identification of inmates who are or become in need of acute
psychiatric care and for assignment of such inmates to the units
described in this subsection. Prior to assignment there shall be a
due process hearing conducted by the Department of Corrections to
determine whether the inmate is in need of acute psychiatric care.
The inmate shall be entitled to have a staff representative
appointed to represent the inmate, if he or she so requests, but
shall not have an attorney appointed or paid by the Department to
represent the inmate at the administrative hearing; and
2. Once an inmate has been assigned to a unit described in this
subsection, treatment and medication may be administered to the
inmate as provided in Section 5-204 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 57. Prisons and Reformatories Page 106
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