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Okla. Stat. tit. 30, § 30-3-119: Limitation of powers of guardian

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A guardian shall have no powers except as provided by the

Oklahoma Statutes or given to such guardian in the orders in the

guardianship proceeding. This limitation of powers includes but is

not limited to the following:

1. No guardian shall have the power to consent on behalf of the

ward to the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures

as provided in the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act from the ward,

except, in accordance with Section 3102.4 of Title 63 of the

Oklahoma Statutes:

a. with specific authorization of the court having

jurisdiction over the guardianship proceedings which

authorization must be granted in a separate order and

only at such time as the ward is in need of life-

sustaining treatment, and must include specific

findings of fact and conclusions of law based on the

standard established in Section 3101.16 of Title 63 of

the Oklahoma Statutes,

b. as authorized by an advance directive executed

pursuant to the Oklahoma Advance Directive Act,

c. as authorized by a consent not to resuscitate made

pursuant to the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act, or

d. to receive hospice services as authorized by a

licensed physician who determines the ward is

terminally ill, as defined in Section 1-860.2 of Title

63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, provided that withholding

or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures can be

authorized only in accordance with the provisions of

this paragraph;

2. No guardian or court having jurisdiction of the guardianship

proceeding shall have the power to consent on behalf of the ward or

order the consent on behalf of the ward to the termination or

relinquishment of parental rights of the ward;

3. Except in an emergency and only as necessary to preserve the

life of the ward, no guardian shall have the power to consent on

behalf of the ward to an abortion, psychosurgery, removal of a

bodily organ, performance of any experimental biomedical or

behavioral procedure, or participation in any biomedical or

behavioral experiment, except with specific authorization of the

court having jurisdiction of the guardianship proceeding;

4. No guardian shall have the power to prohibit the marriage or

divorce of a ward except with specific authorization of the court

having jurisdiction of the guardianship proceeding; and

5. No guardian shall have the power to consent on behalf of the

ward to placement of the ward in a facility or institution to which

a person without a guardian would have to be committed pursuant to

the laws of this state absent formal commitment proceedings in which

the ward has independent counsel.

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