Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-11-109
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Revocation - Actual notice
Official statutory text
A. An advance directive for mental health treatment may be
revoked in whole or in part by the declarant at any time while the
declarant is capable by any of the following methods:
1. By being destroyed by the declarant or by some person in the
declarant's presence and at the declarant's direction;
2. By a written revocation signed and dated by the declarant
expressing the declarant's intent to revoke;
3. By a declarant's unambiguous verbal expression, in the
presence of two witnesses eighteen (18) years of age or older, of an
intent to revoke the declaration; or
4. By a declarant's unambiguous verbal expression to an
attending physician or psychologist.
B. The revocation shall become effective upon communication to
the attending physician or psychologist by the declarant or by both
witnesses. The attending physician or psychologist shall record the
time, date, and place when the notification of the revocation was
received.
C. In the absence of actual notice of the revocation of an
advance directive for mental health treatment, no attending
physician or psychologist, health care facility or other person
acting under the direction of an attending physician or psychologist
shall be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability or be
deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct as a result of the
provision of medical treatment to a declarant in accordance with the
Advance Directives for Mental Health Treatment Act unless the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43A. Mental Health Page 243
absence of actual notice resulted from the negligence of the health
care provider, physician, or other person.
revoked in whole or in part by the declarant at any time while the
declarant is capable by any of the following methods:
1. By being destroyed by the declarant or by some person in the
declarant's presence and at the declarant's direction;
2. By a written revocation signed and dated by the declarant
expressing the declarant's intent to revoke;
3. By a declarant's unambiguous verbal expression, in the
presence of two witnesses eighteen (18) years of age or older, of an
intent to revoke the declaration; or
4. By a declarant's unambiguous verbal expression to an
attending physician or psychologist.
B. The revocation shall become effective upon communication to
the attending physician or psychologist by the declarant or by both
witnesses. The attending physician or psychologist shall record the
time, date, and place when the notification of the revocation was
received.
C. In the absence of actual notice of the revocation of an
advance directive for mental health treatment, no attending
physician or psychologist, health care facility or other person
acting under the direction of an attending physician or psychologist
shall be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability or be
deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct as a result of the
provision of medical treatment to a declarant in accordance with the
Advance Directives for Mental Health Treatment Act unless the
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 43A. Mental Health Page 243
absence of actual notice resulted from the negligence of the health
care provider, physician, or other person.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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