Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-3102.5
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Persons not authorized to make health care decisions
Official statutory text
A. No person shall be authorized under Section 3102.4 of this
title to make health care decisions for a patient if that person:
1. Has been convicted of, pled guilty to, or pled no contest to
any violation of Section 843.1, 843.2, 843.4 or 843.5 of Title 21 of
the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. Has been found to have committed abuse, verbal abuse or
exploitation, as these terms are defined in Section 10-103 of Title
43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, by a final State Department of Health
or Department of Human Services investigative finding or by an
administrative law judge finding, unless that finding has been
overturned through judicial review; or
3. Has been criminally charged as described in subsection B of
Section 10-110.1 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless the
person has been acquitted or those charges have been finally
dismissed.
B. No health care provider or health care entity shall be
liable for following in good faith the instructions of a person
otherwise authorized to make health care decisions for a patient and
who has submitted the statement as required by Section 3102.4 of
this title, but whom the health care provider or health care entity
does not know or have reason to know is disqualified from exercising
such authority by subsection A of this section.
title to make health care decisions for a patient if that person:
1. Has been convicted of, pled guilty to, or pled no contest to
any violation of Section 843.1, 843.2, 843.4 or 843.5 of Title 21 of
the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. Has been found to have committed abuse, verbal abuse or
exploitation, as these terms are defined in Section 10-103 of Title
43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, by a final State Department of Health
or Department of Human Services investigative finding or by an
administrative law judge finding, unless that finding has been
overturned through judicial review; or
3. Has been criminally charged as described in subsection B of
Section 10-110.1 of Title 43A of the Oklahoma Statutes, unless the
person has been acquitted or those charges have been finally
dismissed.
B. No health care provider or health care entity shall be
liable for following in good faith the instructions of a person
otherwise authorized to make health care decisions for a patient and
who has submitted the statement as required by Section 3102.4 of
this title, but whom the health care provider or health care entity
does not know or have reason to know is disqualified from exercising
such authority by subsection A of this section.
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