A. There is hereby created the Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council.

B. The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth shall appoint a Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council which shall be composed of twenty-two (22) members, as follows:

1. One member shall be a representative of child welfare services within the Department of Human Services;

2. One member shall be a representative of juvenile services within the Office of Juvenile Affairs;

3. One member shall be a representative of maternal and child health services within the State Department of Health;

4. One member shall be a representative of the State Department of Health;

5. One member shall be a representative of the State Department of Education;

6. One member shall be a representative of the Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services;

7. One member shall be a representative of a statewide medical association and shall be a member of a state chapter of a national academy of pediatrics;

8. One member shall be a representative of the judiciary;

9. One member shall be a representative of a statewide association of osteopathic physicians and shall be a pediatric osteopathic physician;

10. One member shall be a representative of a statewide coalition on domestic violence and sexual assault;

11. One member shall be a representative of the District Attorneys Council;

12. One member shall be a representative of the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training;

13. One member shall be a representative of the Department of Corrections;

14. One member shall be a representative of Court Appointed Special Advocates;

15. One member shall be a representative of the Oklahoma Bar Association;

16. One member shall be a representative of a statewide association of psychologists;

17. One member shall be a representative of a local chapter of a national association of social workers;

18. One member shall be a representative of a statewide association of youth services agencies;

19. One member shall be a representative of an Indian child welfare association;

20. One member shall be a representative of an advisory task force on child abuse and neglect;

21. One member shall be a representative of a postadjudication review board program; and

22. One member shall be a representative of nationally accredited child advocacy centers nominated to the Oklahoma Commission for Children and Youth. Eligible nominees may be anyone selected by a majority of the members of the nationally accredited child advocacy centers located in Oklahoma.

C. Each member of the Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council is authorized to have one designee.

D. The appointed members shall be persons having expertise in the dynamics, identification and treatment of child abuse and neglect and child sexual abuse.

E. The Child Abuse Training and Coordination Council shall:

1. Establish objective criteria and guidelines for multidisciplinary and, as appropriate for each discipline, discipline-specific training on child abuse and neglect for professionals with responsibilities affecting children, youth and families;

2. Review curricula and make recommendations to state agencies and professional organizations and associations regarding available curricula and curricula having high standards of professional merit;

3. Review curricula regarding child abuse and neglect used in law enforcement officer training by the Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) and make recommendations regarding the curricula to CLEET;

4. Cooperate with and assist professional organizations and associations in the development and implementation of ongoing training programs and strategies to encourage professionals to participate in such training programs;

5. Make reports and recommendations regarding the continued development and improvement of such training programs to the State Commissioner of Health, the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, and each affected agency, organization and association;

6. Prepare and issue a model protocol for multidisciplinary teams regarding the investigation and prosecution of child sexual abuse, child physical abuse and neglect cases;

7. Review and approve protocols prepared by the local multidisciplinary teams;

8. Advise multidisciplinary teams on team development;

9. Collect data on the operation and cases reviewed by the multidisciplinary teams;

10. Issue annual reports; and

11. Annually approve the list of functioning multidisciplinary teams in the state.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 154, § 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1990. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 101, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c. 200, § 17, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 1997, c. 389, § 22, eff. Nov. 1, 1997; Laws 2000, c. 374, § 37, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2004, c. 250, § 1, emerg. eff. May 5, 2004; Laws 2006, c. 258, § 8, emerg. eff. June 7, 2006; Laws 2007, c. 147, § 8, eff. July 1, 2007.