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Okla. Stat. tit. 43A, § 43A-11-108: Delivery of advance directive to attending physician

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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

deliver the advance directive for mental health treatment to the

attending physician or psychologist.

2. Any person having possession of another person’s advance

directive for mental health treatment and who becomes aware that the

declarant is in circumstances under which the terms of the advance

directive for mental health treatment may become operative shall

deliver the advance directive for mental health treatment to the

declarant’s attending physician, psychologist or to any health care

facility in which the declarant is a consumer.

B. An attending physician, psychologist or health care facility

notified of the advance directive for mental health treatment of a

declarant shall promptly make the declaration a part of the medical

records of the declarant.

C. An attending physician or other mental health treatment

provider who has been notified of the existence of an advance

directive for mental health treatment executed pursuant to this act

shall make all reasonable efforts to obtain the advance directive

for mental health treatment.

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