2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-3080.5. Withdrawing treatment or care.
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person and no health care facility shall be required to participate in or provide facilities for medical treatment or care of an incompetent patient who is to die as the result of dehydration or starvation.
B. The law of this state shall not be construed to permit withdrawal or withholding of medical treatment, care, nutrition or hydration from an incompetent patient because of the mental disability or mental status of that patient.
C. No guardian, public or private agency, court, or any other person shall have the authority to make a decision on behalf of an incompetent patient to withhold or withdraw hydration or nutrition from said patient except in the circumstances and under the conditions specifically provided for in Section 3080.4 of this title.
Added by Laws 1987, c. 40, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 1987. Amended by Laws 1992, c. 114, § 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.
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