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§63-3131.3.


§63-3131.3.
   
   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-not-resuscitate 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
   life-prolonging 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 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 Uniform Durable Power of Attorney
   Act, a health care proxy acting pursuant to the Oklahoma Rights of the
   Terminally Ill or Persistently Unconscious Act, or a guardian of the
   person appointed under the Oklahoma Guardianship and Conservatorship
   Act.
   

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