Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-741
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Abortions - Refusal to perform or participate -
Official statutory text
Exemptions.
A. No private hospital, hospital director or governing board of
a private hospital in Oklahoma, is required to permit abortions to
be performed or induced in such hospital. Refusal to permit an
abortion, in accordance with a standard policy, is not grounds for
civil liability nor a basis for disciplinary or other recriminatory
action.
B. No person may be required to perform, induce or participate
in medical procedures which result in an abortion which are in
preparation for an abortion or which involve aftercare of an
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abortion patient, except when the aftercare involves emergency
medical procedures which are necessary to protect the life of the
patient, and refusal to perform or participate in such medical
procedures is not grounds for civil liability nor a basis for
disciplinary or other recriminatory action.
C. The rights and immunities granted by this section shall not
include medical procedures in which a woman is in the process of the
spontaneous, inevitable abortion of an unborn child, the death of
the child is imminent, and the procedures are necessary to prevent
the death of the mother.
A. No private hospital, hospital director or governing board of
a private hospital in Oklahoma, is required to permit abortions to
be performed or induced in such hospital. Refusal to permit an
abortion, in accordance with a standard policy, is not grounds for
civil liability nor a basis for disciplinary or other recriminatory
action.
B. No person may be required to perform, induce or participate
in medical procedures which result in an abortion which are in
preparation for an abortion or which involve aftercare of an
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 381
abortion patient, except when the aftercare involves emergency
medical procedures which are necessary to protect the life of the
patient, and refusal to perform or participate in such medical
procedures is not grounds for civil liability nor a basis for
disciplinary or other recriminatory action.
C. The rights and immunities granted by this section shall not
include medical procedures in which a woman is in the process of the
spontaneous, inevitable abortion of an unborn child, the death of
the child is imminent, and the procedures are necessary to prevent
the death of the mother.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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