Title 10, Title 10 — Children

There is established in the State Treasury a revolving fund to be known as the "Quality of Care Development Fund". The fund shall be a continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall consist of all fines collected by the Department of Human Services pursuant to…

day care facility - Waiver. A. No person, firm, corporation, partnership or other legal entity operating a day care center or day care home in this state shall cause or permit a minor child two (2) months of age or older to be admitted to such facility unless and until the parent…

act. A. The immunizations required by this act, and the manner and frequency of their administration, as prescribed by the State Board of Health, shall conform to recognized standard medical practices in this state. The State Department of Health shall supervise and secure the en…

Any minor child, through his or her parent or guardian, may submit to the health authority charged with the enforcement of the immunization laws, a certificate of a licensed physician stating that the physical condition of the child is such that immunization would endanger the li…

Indigent persons. The immunizations shall be administered by, or under the direction of, a licensed physician, or by any local or state health department. If the parent or guardian is unable to pay, the State Department of Health shall provide, without charge, the immunization ma…

from day care facility. Any child afflicted with a reportable contagious disease shall be excluded from attending a day care center or day care home until such time as the period of communicability has elapsed as determined by a licensed physician or health department official. S…

When conducting investigations of complaints as provided in this article, the Department of Public Welfare shall have the power to summon any person to appear and produce such books and papers as shall be designated in the summons, and to give testimony under oath concerning the …

The Child Care Center Bill of Rights includes if a child care center or employee provides written documentation of completion of required training, the child care center shall not be found in noncompliance if computer documentation is not updated by the training provider. Added b…

care home licensees. Local governing authorities shall not promulgate local regulations that permit or require licensees of family child care homes as defined in Section 402 of Title 10 of the Oklahoma Statutes to exceed or limit the capacity provided by the license granted to th…

federal child care and development block grant funds - Duties. There is hereby established within the Department of Human Services the Office of Child Care. The Office of Child Care shall: 1. Develop a state child care plan to qualify for federal child care and development block …

This act shall terminate upon removal of any federal funds to be used in administering the program. Added by Laws 1991, c. 147, § 2. Renumbered from Title 63, § 1-241 by Laws 2012, c. 253, § 6.

(a) All personal properties, records, equipment, and supplies now owned and in use by the above named institutions shall be transferred to and become the property of the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission. (b) All contracts, leases, and such other agreements as may have been ente…

(a) The term "Commission" when used in this act shall mean the Oklahoma Public Welfare Commission. (b) The term "Director" when used in this act shall mean the Director of Public Welfare, who shall be the administrative officer of the Commission. (c) The term "Department" when us…

(a) The Commission is hereby authorized and directed to formulate and to be responsible for the administration and operation of a comprehensive and detailed plan for the purposes specified and as provided in Title 10 as compiled in O.S.1951, Sections 187, 211 - 223, 291 - 296, 30…

All laws now in effect contained in Title 10, Chapters 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, and 15, Sections 187, 211 - 223, 291 - 296, 301 - 304, and 311 - 327, inclusive, as set out in Title 10, O.S.1951, as amended, not inconsistent herewith, relative to what children are to be released or retu…

A. 1. There is hereby created, until November 1, 2028, in accordance with the Oklahoma Sunset Law, the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program to be administered by Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness under the direction of the Department of Human Services. 2. The Departm…

The technique of heterologous artificial insemination may be performed in this State by persons duly authorized to practice medicine at the request and with the consent in writing of the husband and wife desiring the utilization of such technique for the purpose of conceiving a c…

Any child or children born as the result thereof shall be considered at law in all respects the same as a naturally conceived legitimate child of the husband and wife so requesting and consenting to the use of such technique. Laws 1967, c. 305, § 2, emerg. eff. May 11, 1967.

No person shall perform the technique of heterologous artificial insemination unless currently licensed to practice medicine in this State, and then only at the request and with the written consent of the husband and wife desiring the utilization of such technique. The said conse…

heterologous oocyte donation. Any child or children born as a result of a heterologous oocyte donation shall be considered for all legal intents and purposes, the same as a naturally conceived legitimate child of the husband and wife which consent to and receive an oocyte pursuan…

respecting child and child respecting donor. An oocyte donor shall have no right, obligation or interest with respect to a child born as a result of a heterologous oocyte donation from such donor. A child born as a result of a heterologous oocyte donation shall have no right, obl…

rights, obligations or interests. A. 1. No person shall perform the technique of human embryo transfer unless currently licensed to practice medicine in this state, and then only at the request and with the written consent of the husband and wife desiring to receive the human emb…

Sections 1 through 26 of this act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act". Added by Laws 2019, c. 433, § 1, emerg. eff. May 23, 2019.

It is the policy of the State of Oklahoma to allow private parties to enter into gestational agreements in order to help facilitate the birth of children to parents who are not otherwise able to conceive or carry them, to allow the gestational carriers of such children to be prop…

order of validation – Review - Deficiencies. A. A court may validate a gestational agreement only as provided by this section. B. A gestational agreement may be validated under the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act only if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that:…

A. Upon the validation by the court of a gestational agreement conforming with the requirements of the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act, any child born as a result of an assisted reproduction procedure to a gestational carrier under the gestational agreement shall be considered…

A. Upon the birth of a child to a gestational carrier under a validated gestational agreement, the intended parents shall file a notice of the birth with the court not later than twenty-one (21) days after the birth occurs. B. Upon receiving notice of the birth, the court shall r…

A. If the parties to a validated gestational agreement desire to amend it, the amended gestational agreement must be validated to be enforceable. B. To validate amendments to a previously validated gestational agreement, an amended petition must be filed in the same cause as the …

A. In no event may a gestational agreement be terminated after the gestational carrier becomes pregnant by means of assisted reproduction. B. Other than as prohibited by subsection A of this section, a gestational agreement may be terminated by any party thereto as permitted by t…

Confidentiality. Unless otherwise provided by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act, any proceedings conducted pursuant to this act will be governed by the Code of Civil Procedure of the State of Oklahoma. All such proceedings, any pleadings, motions, documents or records associ…

Venue and jurisdiction for all matters arising out of or related to a gestational agreement shall lie only in the district court of the county where the gestational carrier resided at the time the gestational agreement was entered into or in the district courts of Tulsa County or…

A. A gestational carrier may receive reimbursement for expenses and economic losses resulting from participation in the gestational carrier arrangement contemplated by a gestational agreement. B. A gestational carrier may be paid a reasonable compensation for carrying a child pur…

A. Any one or more donors that will be supplying any gametes or embryos in connection with a gestational carrier arrangement may be, but are not required to be, a party to the gestational agreement, and any consents required of such donor or such donor's physician by Oklahoma law…

gestational spouse. No gamete or embryo to which the gestational carrier or the gestational spouse has contributed any genetic material may be used in the assisted reproduction procedure set forth in a gestational agreement covered by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act. Any a…

As used in the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act: 1. "Act" means the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act; 2. "Assisted reproduction" means a method of causing pregnancy other than sexual intercourse. The term includes, but is not limited to, intrauterine insemination, donation of…

Upon the birth of a child contemplated by a validated gestational agreement, the intended parents under such validated gestational agreement shall be listed as the parents on the child's certificate of birth that is to be filed with the state registrar of vital statistics as prov…

Testamentary and inheritance rights. A. In the event that an intended parent predeceases the birth of a child contemplated by a validated gestational agreement, the terms and conditions of the gestational agreement shall remain in full force and effect, and upon birth the resulti…

A. The marriage of a gestational carrier after she enters into a gestational agreement does not affect the gestational agreement. In such instances, the consent of the person who became the spouse of the gestational carrier after the gestational carrier entered into the gestation…

A. If a gestational agreement has been validated and if, because of a laboratory error or clinical error, the resulting child under such gestational agreement is not genetically related to one or more of the intended parents or one or more of the donors who donated to the intende…

A. This section shall govern the breach of validated gestational agreements and any gestational agreements that have not been validated, but only to the extent those nonvalidated gestational agreements are otherwise enforceable under the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act. B. In …

Except as otherwise expressly provided by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act, all other laws regarding parentage and the determination thereof remain in full force and effect. Added by Laws 2019, c. 433, § 26, emerg. eff. May 23, 2019.

A. Any prospective gestational carrier who meets the requirements for gestational carriers pursuant to the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act and the gestational spouse, if applicable, may enter into a gestational agreement with one or more intended parents of a child to be conce…

A. In order to serve as a gestational carrier under a gestational agreement, the gestational carrier must: 1. Be at least twenty-one (21) years of age at the time she enters into the gestational agreement; 2. Have given birth to at least one child; 3. Have been a resident of Okla…

A. The following persons, and only the following persons, are necessary parties to a gestational agreement, and a gestational agreement shall not be validated if all such applicable necessary parties have not joined in the gestational agreement in compliance with the Oklahoma Ges…

A. A gestational agreement must meet the following requirements in order for it to be validated: 1. The gestational agreement must be in writing; 2. The gestational agreement must be acknowledged before a notary public by each of the parties; 3. All parties to the gestational agr…

gametes or embryos. A. A gestational agreement must be validated as provided by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act prior to the transfer of gametes or embryos to the gestational carrier for the purpose of conception or implantation under a gestational carrier arrangement. B. …

A. A gestational agreement that is not validated as provided by the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act is unenforceable except to the extent expressly provided by this act. B. The parent-child relationship for a child born as a result of an assisted reproduction procedure under a…

The following shall be the procedure to request that the court validate a gestational agreement: 1. Any one or more of the parties to a gestational agreement shall file a petition to validate the gestational agreement in a district court having jurisdiction as provided by the Okl…

There is hereby created the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of this compact, the State of Oklahoma seeks to join with other member states, as defined by this compact, in enacting this compact. This compact shall become effect…

wedlock prohibited. A. On and after the date upon which this act becomes operative, the designations "illegitimate" or "bastard" shall not be used to designate a child born out of wedlock. B. No person, firm, corporation, agency, organization, the State of Oklahoma nor any of its…