§43A-11-106. Form of advance directive – Designation and authority of attorney-in-fact.
A. A declaration stating the mental health treatment wishes of the declarant executed in accordance with the provisions of this act shall be substantially in the form provided by subsection E of this section. B. A declarant may designate a capable person eighteen (18) years of age or older to act as attorney-in-fact to make […]
§43A-11-107. When advance directive becomes operative – Contrary or conflicting instructions given by attorney-in-fact.
A. The wishes of a declarant, at all times while the declarant is capable, shall supersede the effect of an advance directive for mental health treatment. B. An advance directive for mental health treatment shall become operative when: 1. It is delivered to the declarant’s physician or psychologist; and 2. The declarant is certified to […]
§43A-11-108. Delivery of advance directive to attending physician or psychologist – Duty of attending physician or other mental health treatment provider.
A. It shall be the responsibility of the declarant to provide for delivery of the advance directive for mental health treatment to the attending physician or psychologist. 1. In the event the declarant is comatose, incompetent, or otherwise mentally or physically incapable after executing the advance directive for mental health treatment, any other person may […]
§43A-11-109. Revocation – Actual notice.
A. An advance directive for mental health treatment may be revoked in whole or in part by the declarant at any time while the declarant is capable by any of the following methods: 1. By being destroyed by the declarant or by some person in the declarant’s presence and at the declarant’s direction; 2. By […]
§43A-11-110. Informed consent – Examination and certification of incapacity – Conflicting instructions – Transfer when unable to comply with directive.
A. The attending physician or psychologist shall continue to obtain the declarant’s informed consent to all mental health treatment decisions when the declarant is capable of providing informed consent or refusal. B. A declarant appearing to require mental health treatment shall be examined by two persons, who shall be physicians or psychologists. If after the […]
§43A-11-111. Petition for appointment of guardian.
Any person may petition the district court for appointment of a guardian for a declarant when the person has good reason to believe that the provision of mental health treatment in a particular case: 1. Is contrary to the most recent expressed wishes of a declarant who was capable at the time of expressing the […]
§43A-11-112. Immunity from civil or criminal liability.
A. In the absence of knowledge of the revocation of an advance directive for mental health treatment, a person is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for carrying out the advance directive for mental health treatment pursuant to the requirements of the Advance Directives for Mental Health Treatment Act. […]
§43A-11-113. Violations – Penalties.
A. Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, alters, or obliterates the advance directive for mental health treatment of another without the declarant’s consent, or who falsifies or forges a revocation of an advance directive of another, shall be, upon conviction, guilty of a misdemeanor. B. A person who in any way falsifies or forges […]
§43A-12-101. Short title.
Sections 12-101 through 12-105 of this title shall be known and may be cited as the “Suicide Prevention Act”. Added by Laws 2001, c. 168, § 1, emerg. eff. May 2, 2001. Amended by Laws 2008, c. 113, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2008.
§43A-12-102. Purpose.
The purpose of the Suicide Prevention Act is to facilitate the translation of suicide-related data into comprehensive public policy that is directed toward reducing the number of attempted suicides and suicides in Oklahoma by: 1. Improving methods of identifying minors and adults who are at risk of dying by suicide; 2. Improving awareness of and […]