Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-3131.11
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A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Do-Not-
Resuscitate Act, a person's right to receive and a health care
provider's responsibility to administer cardiopulmonary
resuscitation shall not be impaired. Nothing in the Oklahoma Do-
Not-Resuscitate Act shall impair or supersede a person's right to
choose to have cardiopulmonary resuscitation withheld or provided or
a health care provider's responsibility to withhold or provide
cardiopulmonary resuscitation as provided by law. In this respect,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1507
the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act are
cumulative.
B. In the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest, a patient's
attending physician or other health care provider must comply with
such patient's request for cardiopulmonary resuscitation whether
requested by such patient or such patient's representative, or
required by such patient's advance directive.
C. Nothing in the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall be
construed to preclude a court of competent jurisdiction from
approving the issuance of a do-not-resuscitate order under
circumstances other than those under which such an order may be
issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate
Act.
D. The provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall
not affect the validity of do-not-resuscitate consents or orders
that were executed prior to November 1, 1997.
Resuscitate Act, a person's right to receive and a health care
provider's responsibility to administer cardiopulmonary
resuscitation shall not be impaired. Nothing in the Oklahoma Do-
Not-Resuscitate Act shall impair or supersede a person's right to
choose to have cardiopulmonary resuscitation withheld or provided or
a health care provider's responsibility to withhold or provide
cardiopulmonary resuscitation as provided by law. In this respect,
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1507
the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act are
cumulative.
B. In the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest, a patient's
attending physician or other health care provider must comply with
such patient's request for cardiopulmonary resuscitation whether
requested by such patient or such patient's representative, or
required by such patient's advance directive.
C. Nothing in the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall be
construed to preclude a court of competent jurisdiction from
approving the issuance of a do-not-resuscitate order under
circumstances other than those under which such an order may be
issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate
Act.
D. The provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall
not affect the validity of do-not-resuscitate consents or orders
that were executed prior to November 1, 1997.
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