1. (a) Application required. Any person who meets the criteria for certification and wishes to apply to be a program participant shall complete an application packet. The packet includes the ACP application and a Program Agreement.
2. (b) Request for application packet. Any person who wishes to apply to be a program participant may obtain from an application assistant at a designated agency to assist persons in the application process.
3. (c) Applicant must file the application packet. To be considered for certification as a program participant, an applicant must file a completed and signed applicaiton packet with the Address Confidentiality Program.
4. (d) Assistance or counseling with completing application. No assistance or counseling rendered to an applicant during the application process shall in no way be construed by an applicant as legal advice.
5. (d) Initial certification and term. Only after a completed application is approved by the ACP shall an applicant become a program participant, assigned a substitute address, and issued an authorization card. The card shall include the program participant's name, date of birth, authorization number, substitute mailing address, certification expiration date, and participant's signature. The term of initial certification shall be four (4) years from the date of approval of the complete application.
6. (e) Eligible participants. The following persons shall be eligible to apply as a program participant in the ACP:
7. (1) An adult escaping from actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or child abduction;
8. (2) An adult residing with an ACP applicant who has been the victim or potential victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or child abduction;
9. (3) A minor residing with an ACP applicant who has been the victim or potential victim of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or child abduction; and
10. (4) Any incapacitated person who applies by and through a guardian.
11. (f) Separate applications required for adults. An adult who is not the target of actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, or child abduction residing with an ACP applicant must be submit a separate application to be a program participant.
12. (g) Applications submitted for minors. A parent or guardian of a minor may submit an application on the minor's behalf.
13. (h) Criteria for certification. To be an eligible program participant in the Address Confidentiality Program, a person must meet the following criteria:
14. (1) Demonstrate that he or she seeks protection from actual or threatened domestic violence, sexual assault, human sex trafficking, or stalking,
15. (2) Fears for his or her safety or the safety of other household members;
16. (3) Recently established a residential address in Oklahoma unknown to the assailant or probable assailant or is planning to move in the imminently; and
17. (4) Agrees to all of the terms in the Program Agreement checklist.
18. (i) Renewal of certification. A program participant may renew his or her program certification for additional four-year term by filing the following information with the ACP:
19. (1) The participant's current authorization card;
20. (2) A completed renewal application; and
21. (3) A new, signed authorization card.

Transferred from 655:30-1-5 by HB 2638 (2008), eff 7-1-08 (Editor's Notice published at 25 Ok Reg 2607)

Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2434, eff 7-11-09

Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1921, eff 7-11-11

Amended at 33 Ok Reg 1215, eff 9-11-16

Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1386, eff 9-13-19

Amended at 38 Ok Reg 1697, eff 9-11-21

Amended at 43 Ok Reg, Number 18, effective 6-11-26