Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-233
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Providers as state employees - Protection from liability
Official statutory text
- Employment contracts.
A. Persons licensed to practice medicine and surgery or who are
licensed osteopathic physicians and surgeons or who are certified
nurse-midwives, advanced nurse practitioners and who provide
prenatal, delivery, infant care services and other child or adult
health services to State Department of Health clients pursuant to
and in strict compliance with all terms of a contract with the State
Department of Health authorized by paragraph 3 of subsection B of
Section 1-106 of this title, shall be considered employees of the
state for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act only, but
only insofar as actions within the employee's scope of employment as
specified by the terms of the contract.
B. Such contracts shall provide that any prenatal, delivery and
infant care services rendered by the provider shall fully comply
with the Standards for Ambulatory Obstetrical Care of the American
College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Perinatal Care
Guidelines of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and
the American Academy of Pediatrics as adopted and incorporated into
the Standards and Guidelines for Public Providers of Maternity
Services of the State Department of Health in order to entitle the
provider to the limited liability provided by subsection A of this
section.
C. Any contract executed pursuant to this section shall state
with specificity, the exact services to be provided and the
particular services which shall entitle the provider to the limited
liability provided by subsection A of this section.
D. Any services provided or contracts entered into pursuant to
this act shall include only those activities designed to promote the
healthiest possible outcomes for mother and child. The prenatal and
postnatal services provided with these funds shall be used solely to
provide health care services for pregnant women, decrease infant
mortality and facilitate the birth of a live child. For purposes of
this act, “health care services” does not include abortion, abortion
referral, or abortion counseling. This subsection shall be
inseverable from this section.
A. Persons licensed to practice medicine and surgery or who are
licensed osteopathic physicians and surgeons or who are certified
nurse-midwives, advanced nurse practitioners and who provide
prenatal, delivery, infant care services and other child or adult
health services to State Department of Health clients pursuant to
and in strict compliance with all terms of a contract with the State
Department of Health authorized by paragraph 3 of subsection B of
Section 1-106 of this title, shall be considered employees of the
state for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act only, but
only insofar as actions within the employee's scope of employment as
specified by the terms of the contract.
B. Such contracts shall provide that any prenatal, delivery and
infant care services rendered by the provider shall fully comply
with the Standards for Ambulatory Obstetrical Care of the American
College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Perinatal Care
Guidelines of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and
the American Academy of Pediatrics as adopted and incorporated into
the Standards and Guidelines for Public Providers of Maternity
Services of the State Department of Health in order to entitle the
provider to the limited liability provided by subsection A of this
section.
C. Any contract executed pursuant to this section shall state
with specificity, the exact services to be provided and the
particular services which shall entitle the provider to the limited
liability provided by subsection A of this section.
D. Any services provided or contracts entered into pursuant to
this act shall include only those activities designed to promote the
healthiest possible outcomes for mother and child. The prenatal and
postnatal services provided with these funds shall be used solely to
provide health care services for pregnant women, decrease infant
mortality and facilitate the birth of a live child. For purposes of
this act, “health care services” does not include abortion, abortion
referral, or abortion counseling. This subsection shall be
inseverable from this section.
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