Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-233: Providers as state employees - Protection from liability

- Employment contracts.

A. Persons licensed to practice medicine and surgery or who are

licensed osteopathic physicians and surgeons or who are certified

nurse-midwives, advanced nurse practitioners and who provide

prenatal, delivery, infant care services and other child or adult

health services to State Department of Health clients pursuant to

and in strict compliance with all terms of a contract with the State

Department of Health authorized by paragraph 3 of subsection B of

Section 1-106 of this title, shall be considered employees of the

state for purposes of The Governmental Tort Claims Act only, but

only insofar as actions within the employee's scope of employment as

specified by the terms of the contract.

B. Such contracts shall provide that any prenatal, delivery and

infant care services rendered by the provider shall fully comply

with the Standards for Ambulatory Obstetrical Care of the American

College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Perinatal Care

Guidelines of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology and

the American Academy of Pediatrics as adopted and incorporated into

the Standards and Guidelines for Public Providers of Maternity

Services of the State Department of Health in order to entitle the

provider to the limited liability provided by subsection A of this

section.

C. Any contract executed pursuant to this section shall state

with specificity, the exact services to be provided and the

particular services which shall entitle the provider to the limited

liability provided by subsection A of this section.

D. Any services provided or contracts entered into pursuant to

this act shall include only those activities designed to promote the

healthiest possible outcomes for mother and child. The prenatal and

postnatal services provided with these funds shall be used solely to

provide health care services for pregnant women, decrease infant

mortality and facilitate the birth of a live child. For purposes of

this act, “health care services” does not include abortion, abortion

referral, or abortion counseling. This subsection shall be

inseverable from this section.