Oklahoma § 63-3131.3 - Definitions

§ 63-3131.3. Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act:

1. "Attending physician" means a licensed physician who has

primary responsibility for treatment or care of the person. If more

than one physician shares that responsibility, any of those

physicians may act as the attending physician under the provisions

of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act;

2. "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation" means those measures used to

restore or support cardiac or respiratory function in the event of a

cardiac or respiratory arrest;

3. "Do-not-resuscitate identification" means a standardized

identification necklace, bracelet, or card as set forth in the

Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act that signifies that a do-notresuscitate consent or order has been executed for the possessor;

4. "Do-not-resuscitate order" means an order issued by a

licensed physician that cardiopulmonary resuscitation should not be

administered to a particular person;

5. "Emergency medical services personnel" means firefighters,

law enforcement officers, emergency medical technicians, paramedics,

or other emergency services personnel, providers, or entities,

acting within the usual course of their professions;

6. "Health care decision" means a decision to give, withhold,

or withdraw informed consent to any type of health care including,

but not limited to, medical and surgical treatments including lifeprolonging interventions, nursing care, hospitalization, treatment

in a nursing home or other extended care facility, home health care,

and the gift or donation of a body organ or tissue;

7. "Health care agency" means an agency established to

administer or provide health care services and which is commonly

known by a wide variety of titles including, but not limited to,

hospitals, medical centers, ambulatory health care facilities,

physicians' offices and clinics, extended care facilities operated

in connection with hospitals, nursing homes, extended care

facilities operated in connection with rehabilitation centers, home

care agencies and hospices;

8. "Health care provider" means any physician, dentist, nurse,

paramedic, psychologist, or other person providing medical, dental,

nursing, psychological, hospice, or other health care services of

any kind;

9. "Incapacity" means the inability, because of physical or

mental impairment, to appreciate the nature and implications of a

health care decision, to make an informed choice regarding the

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alternatives presented, and to communicate that choice in an

unambiguous manner; and

10. "Representative" means an attorney-in-fact for health care

decisions acting pursuant to the Oklahoma Health Care Agent Act, a

health care proxy acting pursuant to the Oklahoma Advance Directive

Act, or a guardian of the person appointed under the Oklahoma

Guardianship and Conservatorship Act.

Added by Laws 1997, c. 327, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1997. Amended by Laws

2022, c. 136, § 18, emerg. eff. April 29, 2022.