Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-738.1A
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in this section and Sections 1-738.2 through 1-738.5 of
Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes:
1. "Abortion" means the term as defined in Section 1-730 of
Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. "Attempt to perform an abortion" means an act, or an
omission of a statutorily required act, that, under the
circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a
substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the
performance of an abortion in this state in violation of this act;
3. "Board" means the State Board of Medical Licensure and
Supervision;
4. "Certified technician" means a Registered Diagnostic Medical
Sonographer who is certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the
American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), or a
nurse midwife or Advance Practice Nurse Practitioner in obstetrics
with certification in obstetrical ultrasonography;
5. "Medical emergency" means the existence of any physical
condition, not including any emotional, psychological, or mental
condition, which a reasonably prudent physician, with knowledge of
the case and treatment possibilities with respect to the medical
conditions involved, would determine necessitates the immediate
abortion of the pregnancy of the female to avert her death or to
avert substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily
function arising from continued pregnancy;
6. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in
this state pursuant to Sections 495 and 633 of Title 59 of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
7. "Probable gestational age of the unborn child" means what,
in the judgment of the physician, will with reasonable probability
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 322
be the gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion
is planned to be performed;
8. "Stable Internet website" means a website that, to the
extent reasonably practicable, is safeguarded from having its
content altered other than by the State Board of Medical Licensure
and Supervision;
9. "Unborn child" means the term as is defined in Section 1-730
of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
10. "Woman" means a female human being whether or not she has
reached the age of majority.
Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes:
1. "Abortion" means the term as defined in Section 1-730 of
Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. "Attempt to perform an abortion" means an act, or an
omission of a statutorily required act, that, under the
circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a
substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the
performance of an abortion in this state in violation of this act;
3. "Board" means the State Board of Medical Licensure and
Supervision;
4. "Certified technician" means a Registered Diagnostic Medical
Sonographer who is certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the
American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), or a
nurse midwife or Advance Practice Nurse Practitioner in obstetrics
with certification in obstetrical ultrasonography;
5. "Medical emergency" means the existence of any physical
condition, not including any emotional, psychological, or mental
condition, which a reasonably prudent physician, with knowledge of
the case and treatment possibilities with respect to the medical
conditions involved, would determine necessitates the immediate
abortion of the pregnancy of the female to avert her death or to
avert substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily
function arising from continued pregnancy;
6. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in
this state pursuant to Sections 495 and 633 of Title 59 of the
Oklahoma Statutes;
7. "Probable gestational age of the unborn child" means what,
in the judgment of the physician, will with reasonable probability
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 322
be the gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion
is planned to be performed;
8. "Stable Internet website" means a website that, to the
extent reasonably practicable, is safeguarded from having its
content altered other than by the State Board of Medical Licensure
and Supervision;
9. "Unborn child" means the term as is defined in Section 1-730
of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
10. "Woman" means a female human being whether or not she has
reached the age of majority.
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