§ 11-103. Definitions
Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 43A. Mental Health
43A Okl.St.Ann. § 11-103
§ 11-103. Definitions
Whenever used in the Advance Directives for Mental Health Treatment Act:1
7. “Health care facility” includes any program, institution, place, building or agency, or portion thereof, private or public, whether organized for profit or not, used, operated, or designed to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitative or preventive care to any person. The term “health care facility” includes, but is not limited to, health care facilities that are commonly referred to as hospitals, outpatient clinics, organized ambulatory health care facilities, emergency care facilities and centers, health maintenance organizations, and others providing similarly organized services regardless of nomenclature;
11. “Incapable” means that, in the opinion of two persons, who shall be physicians or psychologists, a person's ability to receive and evaluate information effectively or communicate decisions is impaired as the result of a mental illness to such an extent that the person currently lacks the capacity to make mental health treatment decisions.
Credits
Laws 1995, c. 251, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 1995.
Footnotes
Title 43A, § 11-101 et seq.
43A Okl. St. Ann. § 11-103, OK ST T. 43A § 11-103
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 90 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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