Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-745.32: Definitions
Where this section sits in the code
- OK Code
- Title 63
As used in this act:
1. "Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and
repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the
gestational sac;
2. "Gestational age" means the amount of time that has elapsed
from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period;
3. "Gestational sac" means the structure comprising the
extraembryonic membranes that envelop the unborn child and that is
typically visible by ultrasound after the fourth week of pregnancy;
4. "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice
medicine in this state including a medical doctor and a doctor of
osteopathic medicine;
5. "Pregnancy" means the human female reproductive condition
that:
a. begins with fertilization,
b. occurs when the woman is carrying the developing human
offspring, and
c. is calculated from the first day of the woman's last
menstrual period;
6. "Standard medical practice" means the degree of skill, care,
and diligence that an obstetrician of ordinary judgment, learning,
and skill would employ in like circumstances;
7. "Unborn child" means a human fetus or embryo in any stage of
gestation from fertilization until birth; and
8. "Woman" and "women" include any person whose biological sex
is female including any person with XX chromosomes and any person
with a uterus, regardless of any gender identity that the person
attempts to assert or claim.
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