Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 340 - Department of Human Services
Chapter 75 - Child Welfare Services
Subchapter 7 - Foster Home Care
Part 28 - FOSTER PARENT HELPLINE, MEDIATION, AND REPORTS ABOUT OKLAHOMA HUMAN SERVICES (OKDHS) OR CHILD-PLACING AGENCY EMPLOYEES
Section 340:75-7-292 - Foster parent complaints about Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) or child-placing employees made to the Office of Juvenile System Oversight

(a) The Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, Office of Juvenile System Oversight (OJSO), receives any complaint alleging an employee of the Department of Human Services (DHS) or a child placing agency has threatened a foster parent with removal of a child from the foster parent, harassed a foster parent, refused to place a child in a licensed or certified foster home, or disrupted a child placement as retaliation or discrimination toward a foster parent who has:

(b) OJSO forwards complaints to the DHS Office of Client Advocacy (OCA) for investigation per 10A O.S. § 1-9-112. OJSO works with OCA to ensure the complaints are investigated and resolved in accordance with the grievance procedures per 10A O.S. § 1-9-120. This does not apply to any complaint by a foster parent regarding the result of a criminal, administrative, or civil proceeding for a violation of any law, rule, or contract provision by that foster parent, or the action taken by DHS or a child placing agency in conformity with the result of any such proceeding.