Oklahoma § 63-3080.2 - Definitions

§ 63-3080.2. Definitions

As used in the Hydration and Nutrition for Incompetent Patients

Act:

1. "Attending physician" means the physician who has primary

responsibility for the overall medical treatment and care of a

patient;

2. "Final stage" means the last stage of a terminal illness or

injury in which, even with the use of medical treatment, the person

with the terminal illness or injury is in the dying process and will

die within a reasonably short period of time;

3. "Health care provider" means a person who is licensed,

certified, or otherwise authorized by the law of this state to

administer health care in the ordinary course of business or

practice of a profession;

4. "Incompetent patient" means any person who:

a.

is a minor, or

b.

has been declared legally incompetent to make

decisions affecting medical treatment or care, or

c.

in the reasonable judgment of the attending

physician, is unable to make decisions affecting medical treatment

or other health care services;

5. "Nutrition" means sustenance administered by way of the

gastrointestinal tract;

6. "Physician" means a physician or surgeon licensed by the

State Board of Medical Examiners or State Board of Osteopathy; and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety

7. "Terminal illness or injury" means an incurable and

irreversible medical condition that, even with the use of medical

treatment, will result in the death of a person from that condition

or a complication arising from that condition.

Added by Laws 1987, c. 40, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 1987.