§57-51.1. Persons with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) - Violation of § 1192.1 of Title 21 - Transfer to Department of Corrections for extended medical care.

57 OK Stat § 57-51.1 (2019) (N/A)

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Any person who has the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) disease who is confined in the county jail in violation of Section 1192.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, whether convicted or pending trial, may be transferred to the Department of Corrections for extended medical care for the duration of the sentence imposed or pending trial. At the request of the medical officer, physician or surgeon employed by said jail, the county sheriff shall make application to the Department of Corrections for a transfer of the person and the Department of Corrections may accept the person under the following conditions:

1. The person's right to a speedy trial is not delayed by the transfer to a state facility;

2. The person's right to confer with legal counsel is not restricted by the transfer to a state facility;

3. The county agrees to a mutual exchange of inmates from the Department of Corrections for the medical care and custody of the person to be transferred;

4. The medical care or custody of the person is necessary to preserve the health and safety of the public, the inmates of the county jail or the person being transferred;

5. The person to be transferred may be adequately treated in the state facility; and

6. The state facility has medical bed space available for the person.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 319, § 3, emerg. eff. May 27, 1992.

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