Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-11-108
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Delivery of advance directive to attending physician
Official statutory text
or psychologist - Duty of attending physician or other mental health
treatment provider.
A. It shall be the responsibility of the declarant to provide
for delivery of the advance directive for mental health treatment to
the attending physician or psychologist.
1. In the event the declarant is comatose, incompetent, or
otherwise mentally or physically incapable after executing the
advance directive for mental health treatment, any other person may
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43A. Mental Health Page 242
deliver the advance directive for mental health treatment to the
attending physician or psychologist.
2. Any person having possession of another person’s advance
directive for mental health treatment and who becomes aware that the
declarant is in circumstances under which the terms of the advance
directive for mental health treatment may become operative shall
deliver the advance directive for mental health treatment to the
declarant’s attending physician, psychologist or to any health care
facility in which the declarant is a consumer.
B. An attending physician, psychologist or health care facility
notified of the advance directive for mental health treatment of a
declarant shall promptly make the declaration a part of the medical
records of the declarant.
C. An attending physician or other mental health treatment
provider who has been notified of the existence of an advance
directive for mental health treatment executed pursuant to this act
shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain the advance directive
for mental health treatment.
treatment provider.
A. It shall be the responsibility of the declarant to provide
for delivery of the advance directive for mental health treatment to
the attending physician or psychologist.
1. In the event the declarant is comatose, incompetent, or
otherwise mentally or physically incapable after executing the
advance directive for mental health treatment, any other person may
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43A. Mental Health Page 242
deliver the advance directive for mental health treatment to the
attending physician or psychologist.
2. Any person having possession of another person’s advance
directive for mental health treatment and who becomes aware that the
declarant is in circumstances under which the terms of the advance
directive for mental health treatment may become operative shall
deliver the advance directive for mental health treatment to the
declarant’s attending physician, psychologist or to any health care
facility in which the declarant is a consumer.
B. An attending physician, psychologist or health care facility
notified of the advance directive for mental health treatment of a
declarant shall promptly make the declaration a part of the medical
records of the declarant.
C. An attending physician or other mental health treatment
provider who has been notified of the existence of an advance
directive for mental health treatment executed pursuant to this act
shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain the advance directive
for mental health treatment.
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