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§ 1-738.1A. Definitions

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 63. Public Health and Safety

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 63. Public Health and Safety (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 1. Public Health Code
Article 7. Hospitals and Related Institutions
C-3. Voluntary and Informed Consent
63 Okl.St.Ann. § 1-738.1A
§ 1-738.1A. Definitions
Currentness
As used in this section and Sections 1-738.2 through 1-738.5 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes:
1. “Abortion” means the term as defined in Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. “Attempt to perform an abortion” means an act, or an omission of a statutorily required act, that, under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performance of an abortion in this state in violation of this act;
3. “Board” means the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision;
4. “Certified technician” means a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer who is certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), or a nurse midwife or Advance Practice Nurse Practitioner in obstetrics with certification in obstetrical ultrasonography;
5. “Medical emergency” means the existence of any physical condition, not including any emotional, psychological, or mental condition, which a reasonably prudent physician, with knowledge of the case and treatment possibilities with respect to the medical conditions involved, would determine necessitates the immediate abortion of the pregnancy of the female to avert her death or to avert substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function arising from continued pregnancy;
6. “Physician” means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state pursuant to Sections 495 and 633 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
7. “Probable gestational age of the unborn child” means what, in the judgment of the physician, will with reasonable probability be the gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed;
8. “Stable Internet website” means a website that, to the extent reasonably practicable, is safeguarded from having its content altered other than by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision;
9. “Unborn child” means the term as is defined in Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and
10. “Woman” means a female human being whether or not she has reached the age of majority.

Credits

Laws 2010, c. 173, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 2010.
63 Okl. St. Ann. § 1-738.1A, OK ST T. 63 § 1-738.1A
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 106 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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