Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2562
This is the official text of Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2562, part of Oklahoma’s Stat. tit. 63, — part of the compiled statutory law of Oklahoma, published by the state as "Stat. tit. 63,." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in the Nondiscrimination in Health Care Coverage Act:
1. "Agency" shall include the state and all units of state
government and shall not exclude any entity established under the
constitution or laws of the state or established by any entity which
was itself established under the constitution or laws of the state;
2. "Health care provider" means a person who is licensed,
certified or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to
practice a health care or healing arts profession or who administers
health care in the ordinary course of business;
3. "Health care service" means any phase of patient medical
care, treatment or procedure, including, but not limited to,
therapy, testing, diagnosis or prognosis, prescribing, dispensing or
administering any device, drug or medication, surgery, or any other
care or treatment rendered by health care providers;
4. "Utilization management" shall include step therapy, prior
authorization restrictions and the use of formulary restrictions to
restrict access to a drug or other health care service prescribed by
a health care provider; and
5. "Self-advocacy organizations" means organizations run by
persons with disabilities, the majority of whose board members and
employees are themselves persons with disabilities.
1. "Agency" shall include the state and all units of state
government and shall not exclude any entity established under the
constitution or laws of the state or established by any entity which
was itself established under the constitution or laws of the state;
2. "Health care provider" means a person who is licensed,
certified or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to
practice a health care or healing arts profession or who administers
health care in the ordinary course of business;
3. "Health care service" means any phase of patient medical
care, treatment or procedure, including, but not limited to,
therapy, testing, diagnosis or prognosis, prescribing, dispensing or
administering any device, drug or medication, surgery, or any other
care or treatment rendered by health care providers;
4. "Utilization management" shall include step therapy, prior
authorization restrictions and the use of formulary restrictions to
restrict access to a drug or other health care service prescribed by
a health care provider; and
5. "Self-advocacy organizations" means organizations run by
persons with disabilities, the majority of whose board members and
employees are themselves persons with disabilities.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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