Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-3131.8
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Protection from criminal prosecution, civil liability
Official statutory text
and professional discipline.
A. No health care provider, health care agency, or individual
employed by, acting as the agent of, or under contract with any such
health care provider, health care agency, or individual shall be
subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, or discipline for
unprofessional conduct for carrying out in good faith a do-not-
resuscitate consent or order authorized by the Oklahoma Do-Not-
Resuscitate Act on behalf of a person as instructed by the person or
representative or for those actions taken in compliance with the
standards and procedures set forth in the Oklahoma Do-Not-
Resuscitate Act.
B. No health care provider, health care agency, individual
employed by, acting as agent of, or under contract with any such
health care provider, health care agency or individual or other
individual who witnesses a cardiac or respiratory arrest shall be
subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability or discipline for
unprofessional conduct for providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation
to a person for whom a do-not-resuscitate consent or order has been
issued; provided, that such individual:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1506
1. Reasonably and in good faith was unaware of the issuance of
a do-not-resuscitate consent or order; or
2. Reasonably and in good faith believed that consent to a do-
not-resuscitate order had been revoked or canceled.
C. Any physician who refuses to issue a do-not-resuscitate
order at a person's request or any health care provider or health
care agency who refuses to comply with a do-not-resuscitate consent
or order entered pursuant to the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act
shall take reasonable steps to advise the person or representative
of the person promptly that the physician is unwilling to effectuate
the consent or order and shall as promptly as practicable take all
reasonable steps to arrange care of the person by another physician
or health care provider.
A. No health care provider, health care agency, or individual
employed by, acting as the agent of, or under contract with any such
health care provider, health care agency, or individual shall be
subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, or discipline for
unprofessional conduct for carrying out in good faith a do-not-
resuscitate consent or order authorized by the Oklahoma Do-Not-
Resuscitate Act on behalf of a person as instructed by the person or
representative or for those actions taken in compliance with the
standards and procedures set forth in the Oklahoma Do-Not-
Resuscitate Act.
B. No health care provider, health care agency, individual
employed by, acting as agent of, or under contract with any such
health care provider, health care agency or individual or other
individual who witnesses a cardiac or respiratory arrest shall be
subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability or discipline for
unprofessional conduct for providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation
to a person for whom a do-not-resuscitate consent or order has been
issued; provided, that such individual:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 63. Public Health and Safety Page 1506
1. Reasonably and in good faith was unaware of the issuance of
a do-not-resuscitate consent or order; or
2. Reasonably and in good faith believed that consent to a do-
not-resuscitate order had been revoked or canceled.
C. Any physician who refuses to issue a do-not-resuscitate
order at a person's request or any health care provider or health
care agency who refuses to comply with a do-not-resuscitate consent
or order entered pursuant to the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act
shall take reasonable steps to advise the person or representative
of the person promptly that the physician is unwilling to effectuate
the consent or order and shall as promptly as practicable take all
reasonable steps to arrange care of the person by another physician
or health care provider.
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