Oklahoma § 63-3101.8 - Patient's right to make decisions regarding lifesustaining treatment - Patient's comfort and alleviation of pain Pregnant patient
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§ 63-3101.8. Patient's right to make decisions regarding lifesustaining treatment - Patient's comfort and alleviation of pain Pregnant patient
A. A patient may make decisions regarding life-sustaining
treatment as long as the patient is able to do so.
B. Even if life-sustaining treatment or artificial
administration of nutrition and hydration are withheld or withdrawn,
the patient shall be provided with medication or other medical
treatment to alleviate pain and will be provided with oral
consumption of food and water.
C. If a qualified patient has been diagnosed as pregnant and
that diagnosis is known to the attending physician, the pregnant
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patient shall be provided with life-sustaining treatment and
artificially administered hydration and nutrition, unless the
patient has specifically authorized, in her own words, that during a
course of pregnancy, life-sustaining treatment and/or artificially
administered hydration and/or nutrition shall be withheld or
withdrawn. If it is not known if the patient is pregnant, the said
physician shall, where appropriate considering age and other
relevant factors, determine whether or not the patient is pregnant.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 114, § 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by
Laws 2006, c. 171, § 7, emerg. eff. May 17, 2006.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 63-3101.8 ("Patient's right to make decisions regarding lifesustaining treatment - Patient's comfort and alleviation of pain Pregnant patient") is part of the Oklahoma Statutes, the codified statutory law of Oklahoma. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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