Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-243: Requirements concerning perinatal mental health

disorders.

A. As used in this section:

1. "Hospital" shall have the same meaning as such term is

defined in Section 1-701 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes;

2. "Licensed health care professional" means a licensed

allopathic or osteopathic physician, a licensed Advanced Practice

Registered Nurse or a licensed physician assistant;

3. "Postnatal care" means an office visit to a licensed health

care professional occurring after birth, with reference to the

infant or mother;

4. "Prenatal care" means an office visit to a licensed health

care professional for pregnancy-related care occurring before birth;

and

5. "Questionnaire" means an assessment tool administered by a

licensed health care professional to detect perinatal mental health

disorders, such as the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, the

Postpartum Depression Screening Scale, the Beck Depression

Inventory, the Patient Health Questionnaire or other validated

assessment methods.

B. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, the

State Board of Osteopathic Examiners and the State Board of Nursing

may work with hospitals and licensed health care professionals in

this state to develop policies, procedures, information and

educational materials to meet each of the following requirements

concerning perinatal mental health disorders:

1. Licensed health care professionals providing prenatal care

to women shall provide education to women and, if possible and with

permission, to their families about perinatal mental health

disorders in accordance with the formal opinions and recommendations

of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists;

2. All hospitals that provide labor and delivery services in

this state shall provide new mothers, prior to discharge following

childbirth, and, if possible, shall provide fathers and other family

members with complete information about perinatal mental health

disorders, including its symptoms, methods of coping with the

illness and treatment resources;

3. Licensed health care professionals providing prenatal care

at a prenatal visit shall invite each pregnant patient to complete a

questionnaire and shall review the completed questionnaire in

accordance with the formal opinions and recommendations of the

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Assessment for

perinatal mental health disorders shall be repeated when, in the

professional judgment of the licensed health care professional, a

reasonable possibility exists that the woman suffers from perinatal

mental health disorders;

4. Licensed health care professionals providing postnatal care

to women shall invite each patient to complete a questionnaire and

shall review the completed questionnaire in accordance with the

formal opinions and recommendations of the American College of

Obstetricians and Gynecologists; and

5. Licensed health care professionals providing pediatric care

to an infant shall invite the infant's mother to complete a

questionnaire at any well-baby checkup at which the mother is

present prior to the infant's first birthday, and shall review the

completed questionnaire in accordance with the formal opinions and

recommendations of the American College of Obstetricians and

Gynecologists, in order to ensure that the health and well-being of

the infant are not compromised by an undiagnosed perinatal mental

health disorder in the mother. In order to share results from an

assessment with the mother's primary licensed health care

professional, consent should be obtained from the mother in

accordance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability

Act of 1996, 29 U.S.C.A., Section 1181 et seq. If the mother is

determined to present an acute danger to herself or someone else,

consent is not required.