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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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