Okla. Admin. Code § 455:10-11-4

Current through Vol. 41, No. 19, June 17, 2024

Section 455:10-11-4 - Progressive discipline

(a)Progressive discipline is a system designed to ensure not only the consistency, impartiality and predictability of discipline, but also the flexibility to vary penalties if justified by aggravating or mitigating conditions. Typically, penalties range from verbal warning to discharge, with intermediate levels of a written warning, suspension or demotion. Absent mitigating circumstances, repetition of an offense is accompanied by a generally automatic progression to the next higher level of discipline [74:840-6.3(B)].

(b) Based on relevant circumstances, a single incident may justify a higher step of discipline without proceeding through lower steps of discipline.

Added at 12 Ok Reg 2823, eff 7-13-95; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 559, eff 3-1-08 through 7-14-09 (emergency)¹; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 2690, eff 7-25-09

¹This emergency action expired before being superseded by a permanent action. Upon expiration of an emergency amendatory action, the last effective permanent text is reinstated. Therefore, on 7-15-09 (after the 7-14-09 expiration of the emergency action), the text of 455:10-1-2 reverted back to the permanent text that became effective 7-13-95, as was last published in the 2006 Edition of the OAC, and remained as such until amended again by permanent action on 7-25-09.