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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-3101.8: Patient's right to make decisions regarding life-

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sustaining treatment - Patient's comfort and alleviation of pain -

Pregnant patient.

A. A patient may make decisions regarding life-sustaining

treatment as long as the patient is able to do so.

B. Even if life-sustaining treatment or artificial

administration of nutrition and hydration are withheld or withdrawn,

the patient shall be provided with medication or other medical

treatment to alleviate pain and will be provided with oral

consumption of food and water.

C. If a qualified patient has been diagnosed as pregnant and

that diagnosis is known to the attending physician, the pregnant

patient shall be provided with life-sustaining treatment and

artificially administered hydration and nutrition, unless the

patient has specifically authorized, in her own words, that during a

course of pregnancy, life-sustaining treatment and/or artificially

administered hydration and/or nutrition shall be withheld or

withdrawn. If it is not known if the patient is pregnant, the said

physician shall, where appropriate considering age and other

relevant factors, determine whether or not the patient is pregnant.

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