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Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-3131.11: Effect of act

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  2. Title 63

A. Except as otherwise provided in the Oklahoma Do-Not-

Resuscitate Act, a person's right to receive and a health care

provider's responsibility to administer cardiopulmonary

resuscitation shall not be impaired. Nothing in the Oklahoma Do-

Not-Resuscitate Act shall impair or supersede a person's right to

choose to have cardiopulmonary resuscitation withheld or provided or

a health care provider's responsibility to withhold or provide

cardiopulmonary resuscitation as provided by law. In this respect,

the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act are

cumulative.

B. In the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest, a patient's

attending physician or other health care provider must comply with

such patient's request for cardiopulmonary resuscitation whether

requested by such patient or such patient's representative, or

required by such patient's advance directive.

C. Nothing in the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall be

construed to preclude a court of competent jurisdiction from

approving the issuance of a do-not-resuscitate order under

circumstances other than those under which such an order may be

issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate

Act.

D. The provisions of the Oklahoma Do-Not-Resuscitate Act shall

not affect the validity of do-not-resuscitate consents or orders

that were executed prior to November 1, 1997.

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