1. A. The Office of Juvenile Affairs through its Department of Juvenile Justice shall have the supervision, management, operation and control of the children's institution located at Tecumseh, formerly known and designated as Girls' Town and now known as Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center, and all property, equipment and supplies related thereto. All contracts, leases, or other agreements entered into by the Department of Human Services on behalf of the Center prior to July 1, 1995, shall be administered by the Department of Juvenile Justice.
2. B. The Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center shall maintain facilities and bed-space capacity for programs that are consistent with providing statewide juvenile justice and delinquency prevention services.
3. C. It shall be the duty of the State Fire Marshal and the Commissioner of Public Health, to cause regular, periodic, not less than quarterly, unannounced inspections of said institution, utilizing adequately trained and qualified inspection personnel, to determine and evaluate conditions and programs being maintained and carried on at said institution in their respective areas of agency jurisdiction. Such inspections shall include, but not be limited to, the following: Compliance with minimum fire, life and health safety standards; compliance with minimum standards governing general sanitation of the institution, with particular emphasis upon food storage, preparation, serving and transportation, respectively. Reports of such inspections will be made in writing, itemizing and identifying any deficiencies and recommending corrective measures, and shall be filed with the Board of Juvenile Affairs, the Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, the Deputy Director of the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Governor, the Attorney General, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Office of Juvenile System Oversight and the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. The Department of Juvenile Justice shall file copies of the reports of the inspections and recommendations of the accrediting agencies listed in subsection B of this section with the Office of Juvenile System Oversight.
4. D. The Department of Juvenile Justice is authorized and directed to establish, subject to the limits of funds available therefor, a diversity of placement alternatives for children committed to the custody of the Department including, but not limited to, foster family homes, foster family group homes, and group homes. All child care services and facilities operated by the Department shall be accredited by the American Correctional Association, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals or the Child Welfare League of America, as appropriate for the service or facility. The Department may directly contract for accreditation fees, training or training conferences with the organization accrediting the service or facility as required by this subsection.

Added by Laws 1968, SB 446, c. 282, § 401, eff. January 13, 1969; Amended by Laws 1982, SB 560, c. 140, § 1, emerg. eff. April 9, 1982; Amended by Laws 1982, HB 1468, c. 312, § 32, emerg. eff. July 1, 1982; Amended by Laws 1986, HB 1791, c. 184, § 3, emerg. eff. May 20, 1986; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 1735, c. 299, § 16, emerg. eff. July 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 2640, c. 290, § 48, emerg. eff. July 1, 1994; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1978, c. 352, § 98, emerg. eff. July 1, 1995; Renumbered from 10 O.S. § 1401 by Laws 1995, HB 1978, c. 352, § 199, emerg. eff. July 1, 1995; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1632, c. 293, § 9, emerg. eff. July 1, 1997 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2006, HB 2366, c. 124, § 5, eff. November 1, 2006 (superseded document available).