Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-103
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Post mortem caesarian section - Right to perform -
Official statutory text
Nonliability of physician and hospital.
It shall be lawful for a physician, legally qualified to
practice in the State of Oklahoma, to perform a post mortem
caesarian section upon any female who is the victim of accidental
death, who at the time of said death, is in the advanced stages of
pregnancy and where said physician has reason to believe, following
immediate and due examination, that said child is viable in the
mother. In the performance of a caesarian section, under such
circumstances, the physician and the institution or hospital where
such operation is performed, shall not be liable, either civilly or
criminally, though performed without the consent by those in whom
the law has recognized a legal right of the possession of the body
of the deceased, provided the operation be performed in good faith
and with due skill and without unnecessary injury or mutilation.
Provided, however, said operation shall not be performed over the
protest of those in whom the law has recognized a legal right to the
possession of the body of the said deceased.
It shall be lawful for a physician, legally qualified to
practice in the State of Oklahoma, to perform a post mortem
caesarian section upon any female who is the victim of accidental
death, who at the time of said death, is in the advanced stages of
pregnancy and where said physician has reason to believe, following
immediate and due examination, that said child is viable in the
mother. In the performance of a caesarian section, under such
circumstances, the physician and the institution or hospital where
such operation is performed, shall not be liable, either civilly or
criminally, though performed without the consent by those in whom
the law has recognized a legal right of the possession of the body
of the deceased, provided the operation be performed in good faith
and with due skill and without unnecessary injury or mutilation.
Provided, however, said operation shall not be performed over the
protest of those in whom the law has recognized a legal right to the
possession of the body of the said deceased.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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