Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-745.32
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in this act:
1. "Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and
repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the
gestational sac;
2. "Gestational age" means the amount of time that has elapsed
from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period;
3. "Gestational sac" means the structure comprising the
extraembryonic membranes that envelop the unborn child and that is
typically visible by ultrasound after the fourth week of pregnancy;
4. "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice
medicine in this state including a medical doctor and a doctor of
osteopathic medicine;
5. "Pregnancy" means the human female reproductive condition
that:
a. begins with fertilization,
b. occurs when the woman is carrying the developing human
offspring, and
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c. is calculated from the first day of the woman's last
menstrual period;
6. "Standard medical practice" means the degree of skill, care,
and diligence that an obstetrician of ordinary judgment, learning,
and skill would employ in like circumstances;
7. "Unborn child" means a human fetus or embryo in any stage of
gestation from fertilization until birth; and
8. "Woman" and "women" include any person whose biological sex
is female including any person with XX chromosomes and any person
with a uterus, regardless of any gender identity that the person
attempts to assert or claim.
1. "Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and
repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the
gestational sac;
2. "Gestational age" means the amount of time that has elapsed
from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period;
3. "Gestational sac" means the structure comprising the
extraembryonic membranes that envelop the unborn child and that is
typically visible by ultrasound after the fourth week of pregnancy;
4. "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice
medicine in this state including a medical doctor and a doctor of
osteopathic medicine;
5. "Pregnancy" means the human female reproductive condition
that:
a. begins with fertilization,
b. occurs when the woman is carrying the developing human
offspring, and
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 402
c. is calculated from the first day of the woman's last
menstrual period;
6. "Standard medical practice" means the degree of skill, care,
and diligence that an obstetrician of ordinary judgment, learning,
and skill would employ in like circumstances;
7. "Unborn child" means a human fetus or embryo in any stage of
gestation from fertilization until birth; and
8. "Woman" and "women" include any person whose biological sex
is female including any person with XX chromosomes and any person
with a uterus, regardless of any gender identity that the person
attempts to assert or claim.
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