2014 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-3090.2. Definitions.

As used in the Nondiscrimination in Treatment Act:

1. "Health care provider" means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to practice a health care or healing arts profession or who administers health care in the ordinary course of business;

2. "Health care service" means any phase of patient medical care, treatment or procedure, including, but not limited to, therapy, testing, diagnosis or prognosis, prescribing, dispensing or administering any device, drug or medication, surgery, or any other care or treatment rendered by health care providers;

3. "Life-preserving health care service" means a health care service, the denial of which, in reasonable medical judgment, will result in or hasten the death of the patient; and

4. "Person legally authorized to make health care decisions" means, in the case of an adult patient, or of a minor patient who may consent to have services provided by health professionals under Section 2602 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, the person or persons designated to make health care decisions:

a.a general guardian of the person appointed pursuant to subsection A of Section 3-112 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or a limited guardian of the person appointed pursuant to subsection B of Section 3-112 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes with authority to make personal medical decisions as determined under paragraph 5 of subsection B of Section 3-113 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

b.a health care proxy (or alternate health care proxy) authorized to act pursuant to the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act, Sections 3101.1 through 3101.16 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, as defined in paragraph 6 of Section 3101.3 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes,

c.an attorney-in-fact authorized to act pursuant to the Uniform Durable Power of Attorney Act, Sections 1071 through 1077 of Title 58 of the Oklahoma Statutes with authority to act regarding the patient's health and medical care decisions, subject to the limitations under paragraph 1 of subsection B of Section 1072.1 of Title 58 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or

d.another person with such authority under common law.

In the case of any other minor, it means the minor's custodial parent or guardian.

Added by Laws 2013, c. 160, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.