Oklahoma § 63-3102.5 - Persons not authorized to make health care decisions
Full text of Oklahoma Oklahoma Statutes § 63-3102.5 — Persons not authorized to make health care decisions, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 63-3102.5. Persons not authorized to make health care decisions
A. No person shall be authorized under Section 3102.4 of this
title to make health care decisions for a patient if that person:
1. Has been convicted of, pled guilty to, or pled no contest to
any violation of Section 843.1, 843.2, 843.4 or 843.5 of Title 21 of
the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. Has been found to have committed abuse, verbal abuse or
exploitation, as these terms are defined in Section 10-103 of Title
43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, by a final State Department of Health
or Department of Human Services investigative finding or by an
administrative law judge finding, unless that finding has been
overturned through judicial review; or
3. Has been criminally charged as described in subsection B of
Section 10-110.1 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless the
person has been acquitted or those charges have been finally
dismissed.
B. No health care provider or health care entity shall be
liable for following in good faith the instructions of a person
otherwise authorized to make health care decisions for a patient and
who has submitted the statement as required by Section 3102.4 of
this title, but whom the health care provider or health care entity
does not know or have reason to know is disqualified from exercising
such authority by subsection A of this section.
Added by Laws 2017, c. 144, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2017. Amended by Laws
2019, c. 211, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
Source: official Oklahoma text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 63-3102.5 ("Persons not authorized to make health care decisions") 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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