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Okla. Stat.
§ 7005-1.5
Oklahoma
Statutes
Title
10. Children
Chapter
70. Oklahoma Children's Code
Article
V. Childrens' Records
§ 7005-1.5. Department
of Human Services records--Release to Indian tribes
Department
of Human Services agency records pertaining to a child may be inspected
and their contents disclosed and released without a court order to a federally
recognized Indian tribe in which the child who is the subject of the record
is a member or is eligible to become a member of the tribe and is the
biological child of a member of an Indian tribe pursuant to the Federal
Indian Child Welfare Act, P.L. 95-608, [FN1]
and the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act, Section 40 et seq. of Title
10 of the Oklahoma Statutes; provided such Indian tribe, in the course
of its official duties, is:
a.
investigating a report of known or suspected child abuse or neglect or
crimes against children or for the purpose of determining whether to place
a child in protective custody, or
b.
providing services to or for the benefit of a child including but not
limited to protective, emergency, social and medical services, or
c.
the tribe, the tribal court or the tribal child welfare program has asserted
jurisdiction or intervened in any case in which the child is the subject
of the proceedings or is a party to the proceedings pursuant to the authority
provided in the Oklahoma Indian Child Welfare Act.
The records that are to
be provided to Indian tribes under this section shall include all case
records, reports, and documents as defined in Section 7005- 1.1 of this
title.
CREDIT(S)
Laws 1993, c. 78, §
2, emerg. eff. April 18, 1993. Renumbered from Title 10, § 1125.2B
and amended by Laws 1995, c. 352, §§ 61, 199, eff. July 1, 1995.
[FN1]
25 U.S.C.A. § 1901 et seq.
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