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§ 1-745.32. Definitions

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and SafetyEffective: May 3, 2022

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 63. Public Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Public Health Code
Article 7. Hospitals and Related Institutions
C-11. Oklahoma Heartbeat Act
Effective: May 3, 2022
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-745.32
§ 1-745.32. Definitions
As used in this act:
1. “Fetal heartbeat” means cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac;
2. “Gestational age” means the amount of time that has elapsed from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period;
3. “Gestational sac” means the structure comprising the extraembryonic membranes that envelop the unborn child and that is typically visible by ultrasound after the fourth week of pregnancy;
4. “Physician” means an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state including a medical doctor and a doctor of osteopathic medicine;
5. “Pregnancy” means the human female reproductive condition that:
a. begins with fertilization,
b. occurs when the woman is carrying the developing human offspring, and
c. is calculated from the first day of the woman's last menstrual period;
6. “Standard medical practice” means the degree of skill, care, and diligence that an obstetrician of ordinary judgment, learning, and skill would employ in like circumstances;
7. “Unborn child” means a human fetus or embryo in any stage of gestation from fertilization until birth; and
8. “Woman” and “women” include any person whose biological sex is female including any person with XX chromosomes and any person with a uterus, regardless of any gender identity that the person attempts to assert or claim.

Credits

Laws 2022, c. 190, § 2, emerg. eff. May 3, 2022.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-745.32, OK ST T. 63 § 1-745.32
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 257 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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