The legislature gave the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth responsibilities for coordinating with each district attorney in the development of freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams in each county of the district attorney or in a contiguous group of counties pursuant to 10A O.S. Supp. 2013, Section 1-9-102 (A)(1). The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall have the authority:

1. (1) To evaluate the functioning of existing and new freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams by conducting annual reviews to ensure compliance of freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams with minimal standards;
2. (2) To approve freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams identified as functioning or provisionally functioning for funding eligibility;
3. (3) To designate a freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse team as functioning, provisionally functioning, or non-functioning in accordance with freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse team minimal standards;
4. (4) To remove freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse team from the list of functioning freestanding multidisciplinary child abuse teams when non-compliant with minimal standards.

Added at 31 Ok Reg 878, eff 9-12-14

Amended at 42 Ok Reg, Number 20, effective 7-11-25