Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-557.2

As used in the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act:

1. "Act" means the Oklahoma Gestational Agreement Act;

2. "Assisted reproduction" means a method of causing pregnancy

other than sexual intercourse. The term includes, but is not

limited to, intrauterine insemination, donation of eggs, donation of

embryos, in vitro fertilization and transfer of embryos and

intracytoplasmic sperm injection;

3. "Court" means any district court of competent jurisdiction

as provided in this act;

4. "Donor" means an individual who contributes a gamete or

gametes or an embryo or embryos for the purpose of assisted

reproduction with no claim to present or future parental rights or

obligations to any resulting child and who is not an intended

parent, gestational carrier or gestational spouse;

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5. "Gamete" means either the ovum (egg) or the spermatozoon

(sperm);

6. "Gestational agreement" means a written contract between the

gestational carrier, the gestational spouse if applicable, the

intended parents and, optionally, one or more donors, if applicable,

which sets forth the obligations, rights and duties of the parties

to a gestational carrier arrangement;

7. "Gestational carrier" means a woman, whether married or

unmarried, who is neither an intended parent nor a donor and who

agrees to become pregnant with the genetic child of one or more

intended parents and/or one or more donors by means of assisted

reproduction pursuant to a gestational carrier arrangement;

8. "Gestational carrier arrangement" means the process by which

a gestational carrier attempts to become pregnant with a child

through assisted reproduction using any number of gametes or embryos

that are provided by one or more intended parents and/or one or more

donors, who may or may not be genetically related to any intended

parent, and carry and give birth to such child with the intention

that such child will be solely the legal child of the intended

parents. A gestational carrier arrangement does not include any

attempt to conceive, implant or carry a child to which the

gestational carrier or gestational spouse has made any genetic

contribution;

9. "Gestational spouse" means the spouse of the gestational

carrier if the gestational carrier is married at the time the

gestational carrier enters into the gestational agreement. The term

does not apply to any person the gestational carrier marries after

the gestational carrier enters into the gestational agreement.

Unless context clearly requires otherwise, any reference to a

gestational spouse in this act and any action required of a

gestational spouse by this act or any prohibition applicable to a

gestational spouse by this act shall not apply if the gestational

carrier was not married to such person at the time the gestational

carrier entered into the gestational agreement;

10. "Intended parent" means any person who intends to become

the lawful parent of a child conceived, implanted or carried

pursuant to a gestational agreement. The term "intended parent"

shall mean both intended parents or, if only one intended parent is

party to the gestational agreement, then it shall mean such singular

intended parent unless context clearly requires otherwise;

11. "Mental health consultation" means an in-person meeting

with a licensed mental health professional for the purposes of

educating the participants about the effects and potential

consequences of their participation in a gestational carrier

arrangement, and of evaluating any potential psychological issues

and risks posed by a party to a gestational carrier arrangement,

including, but not limited to, the intended parent or parents or the

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gestational carrier's mental health, external and environmental

factors, ability to manage relationships, potential attachment

issues, and ability to carry out his or her obligations, rights and
chological issues

and risks posed by a party to a gestational carrier arrangement,

including, but not limited to, the intended parent or parents or the

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gestational carrier's mental health, external and environmental

factors, ability to manage relationships, potential attachment

issues, and ability to carry out his or her obligations, rights and

duties under a gestational carrier arrangement;

12. "Mental health professional" means an individual who:

a. holds a master's or doctoral degree in the field of

psychiatry, psychology, counseling, social work,

psychiatric nursing or marriage and family therapy,

and

b. is duly licensed, certified, authorized or registered

under the laws of a state to practice in the mental

health field; and

13. "Spouse of the gestational carrier" means a person to whom

the gestational carrier is married, whether or not such person is a

gestational spouse under this act.