Oklahoma § 63-3111.2 - Definitions

§ 63-3111.2. Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Health Care Agent Act:

1. "Advance directive for health care" means any writing

executed in accordance with the requirements of Section 3101.4 of

Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. "Agent" means an individual designated in a power of

attorney for health care to make a health care decision for the

individual granting the power;

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

responsibility for the treatment and care of a patient;

4. "Capacity" means an individual's ability to understand and

appreciate the nature and implications of a health care decision, to

make an informed choice regarding the alternatives presented

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including understanding and appreciating the significant benefits

and risks, and to make and communicate a health care decision in an

unambiguous manner;

5. "Health care" means any care, treatment, service, or

procedure to maintain, diagnose, or otherwise affect an individual's

physical or mental condition;

6. "Health care decision" means a decision made by an

individual or the individual's agent regarding the individual's

health care including:

a.

selection and discharge of health care providers and

facilities,

b.

consent to or refusal of any care, treatment, service,

or procedure to maintain, diagnose, or otherwise

affect a physical or mental condition, and

c.

signing a do-not-resuscitate consent in accordance

with the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate

Act, Section 3131.1 et seq. of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes.

Health care decision shall not include the ability of the agent to

make decisions about the withholding or withdrawal of nutrition or

hydration;

7. "Health care facility" means any public or private

organization, corporation, authority, partnership, sole

proprietorship, association, agency, network, joint venture, or

other entity that is established and appropriately licensed in this

state to administer or provide health care services. Health care

facility includes but is not limited to hospitals, medical centers,

ambulatory surgery centers, physicians' offices, clinics, nursing

homes, rehabilitation centers, home care agencies, hospices, and

long-term care agencies;

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

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

administer health care in the ordinary course of business or

practice of a profession;

9. "Individual instruction" means an individual's direction

concerning a health care decision for the individual;

10. "Person" means a person eighteen (18) years of age or older

or a minor who may consent to have services provided by health

professionals pursuant to Section 2602 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma

Statutes;

11. "Physician" means an individual authorized to practice

medicine or osteopathy pursuant to Chapter 11 or Chapter 14 of Title

59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

12. "Power of attorney for health care" means the designation

of an agent to make health care decisions for the individual

granting the power;

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13. "Reasonably available" means readily able to be contacted

without undue effort and willing and able to act in a timely manner

considering the urgency of the patient's health care needs; and

14. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of

Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory or insular

possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

Added by Laws 2022, c. 136, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29, 2022.