
Oklahoma Statutes Citationized
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
Chapter 60 - Oklahoma Rights of the Terminally Ill or Persistently Unconscious Act
Section 3101.10 - Nonliability - Health Care Provider, Health Care Proxy, and Others
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Cite as: O.S. §, __ __
A. In the absence of knowledge of the revocation of an advance directive, a person is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for carrying out the advance directive pursuant to the requirements of the Oklahoma Rights of the Terminally Ill or Persistently Unconscious Act.
B. A physician or other health care provider, whose actions under the Oklahoma Rights of the Terminally Ill or Persistently Unconscious Act are in accord with reasonable medical standards, is not subject to criminal or civil liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct with respect to those actions; provided, that this subsection may not be construed to authorize a violation of Section 3101.9 of this title.
C. An individual designated as a health care proxy, pursuant to Section 3101.4 of this title, to make health care decisions for a declarant and whose decisions regarding the declarant are made in good faith pursuant to the Oklahoma Rights of the Terminally Ill or Persistently Unconscious Act, is not subject to criminal or civil liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct with respect to those decisions.
Historical Data
Laws 1992, HB 1893, c. 114, § 10, eff. September 1, 1992; Amended by Laws 1995, HB 1969, c. 99, § 3, eff. November 1, 1995.
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