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2021 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-3131.13. Construction of act.
Universal Citation: 63 OK Stat § 63-3131.13 (2021)
The withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation from a person in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall not, for any purpose, constitute suicide or homicide. The withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation from a person in accordance with the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act, however, shall not relieve any individual of responsibility for any civil or criminal acts that may have caused the person's condition. Nothing in the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall be construed to legalize, condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or assisted suicide.
Added by Laws 1997, c. 327, § 13, eff. Nov. 1, 1997.
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