Okla. Stat. tit. 74, § 74-192.1

As used in the Oklahoma Jail Standards Act:

1. “Available” means that the subject individual is either on

site or on the premises;

2. “Barrack-style” means a single designated space within a

detention facility for the purpose of housing three or more inmates;

3. “Bodily search” means any invasive examination by hand of an

inmate or clothing of an inmate. Bodily searches shall not include

pat-downs;

4. “Central control” means the central point within the

facility where security activities are monitored and controlled;

5. “Contraband” means anything not authorized to be in the

possession of an inmate;

6. “Dayroom” means a space for activities that is situated

immediately adjacent to the sleeping area of inmates and is

separated from the sleeping area by a wall;

7. “Department” means the State Department of Health;

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8. “Detention facility” means a facility that may hold a person

for an indefinite period of time including, but not limited to, a

city or county jail;

9. “Detention officer” means a person whose training,

education, or experience specifically qualifies him or her to

perform the duties indicated in the job description and the Oklahoma

Jail Standards Act or a person who holds a certification accorded

pursuant to the provisions of Section 3311 of Title 70 of the

Oklahoma Statutes. The individual performing the duties shall be

trained in appropriate laws, codes, standards, policies, and

procedures;

10. “Direct supervision” means the detention officer is in

direct contact with inmates and is in a position to constantly

monitor behaviors and interact with inmates;

11. “Emergency care” means medical or surgical care necessary

to treat the sudden onset of a potentially life-threatening or limb-

threatening condition;

12. “Facility administrator” means a sheriff, police chief,

city manager, private contractor, or a designee thereof, charged

with maintaining and operating a lockup facility or detention

facility;

13. “Fixed sleeping surface” refers to a stationary or

installed bed or slab designed to support a mattress or some other

comparable padding on which an inmate can lie down off of the floor;

14. “Grievance” means a circumstance or action considered

unjust;

15. “Holding facility” means a facility that shall hold persons

under arrest who are charged with a crime for a period of no longer

than twelve (12) hours;

16. “Hot meal” means a measure of food served and eaten at one

sitting, prepared and served at a palatable temperature range of one

hundred ten degrees Fahrenheit (110° F) to one hundred twenty

degrees Fahrenheit (120° F);

17. “Inmate” means any individual, whether in pretrial,

sentenced, or unsentenced status, who is confined in a detention

facility;

18. “Juvenile” means a person who is subject solely to the

jurisdiction of a juvenile court or who is subject to the provisions

of Section 2-5-205 of Title 10A of the Oklahoma Statutes;

19. “Last locked/secure door” means the last secure barrier

between staff and an inmate;

20. “Life-endangering situation” includes, but is not limited

to, a suicide attempt or obvious serious injury or illness, which in

the evaluation of the staff requires an immediate response;

21. “Life-threatening” means a situation in which life-saving

measures are taken;

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22. “Living area” means those areas of a detention facility

utilized for the day-to-day housing and activities of inmates.

These areas do not include reception and release areas and special-

use cells such as sobering, safety, and holding or staging cells

normally located in receiving areas;

23. “Lockup facility” means a facility that may hold a person

no longer than ten (10) days. Such a facility may be operated by a

municipality for the temporary detention of persons awaiting

arraignment. Persons who require detention for a period longer than
ion and release areas and special-

use cells such as sobering, safety, and holding or staging cells

normally located in receiving areas;

23. “Lockup facility” means a facility that may hold a person

no longer than ten (10) days. Such a facility may be operated by a

municipality for the temporary detention of persons awaiting

arraignment. Persons who require detention for a period longer than

ten (10) days shall be transferred to a detention facility;

24. “Nonsecure areas” means those areas where a youth or

juvenile is in the custody of law enforcement and may not be able to

leave or depart from the presence of law enforcement, yet the youth

or juvenile is not detained in a facility which limits movement;

25. “On site” means a detention officer is physically present

within the detention facility;

26. “On the premises” means a detention officer is physically

present within the structure incorporating the detention facility,

or within a building or structure sharing the same realty or located

on realty that is contiguous to the realty upon which the structure

incorporating the detention facility is located, provided that such

remote building or structure is not located farther than five

hundred (500) feet from the detention facility;

27. “Pat-down” means a noninvasive search of an inmate by hand

performed by lightly skimming the exterior surface of the clothing

covering the legs and torso;

28. “Physician or other licensed medical personnel” means a

psychiatrist, medical doctor, osteopathic physician, physician

assistant, Registered Nurse (RN), Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN),

emergency medical technician at the paramedic level, or Clinical

Nurse Specialist (CNS);

29. “Sensitive functions and procedures” means any bodily

search or the visual supervision of any activity requiring an inmate

to partially or fully disrobe;

30. “Safety check” means direct, visual observation performed

at random intervals within time frames prescribed in the regulations

pursuant to this act to provide for the health and welfare of

inmates;

31. “Sight contact” means clear visibility within close

proximity;

32. “Sound contact” means direct oral communication;

33. “Substantial remodeling” means remodeling for which the

cost to repair is at least fifty percent (50%) of the cost to

replace the facility;

34. “Sustained contact” means sight or sound contact that is

not brief and inadvertent;

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35. “Temporary sleeping surface” means any appropriate item

used in overcrowding situations on which an inmate can lie down and

be kept off of the floor on an interim basis;

36. “Waiver” is a long-term deviation from a standard in

extenuating circumstances which are not likely to be overcome in a

reasonable period of time; and

37. “Variance” is a temporary deviation from a standard in

extenuating circumstances which can be overcome in a reasonable

period of time.