{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2562","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-2562","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in the Nondiscrimination in Health Care Coverage Act:\n\n1. \"Agency\" shall include the state and all units of state\n\ngovernment and shall not exclude any entity established under the\n\nconstitution or laws of the state or established by any entity which\n\nwas itself established under the constitution or laws of the state;\n\n2. \"Health care provider\" means a person who is licensed,\n\ncertified or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to\n\npractice a health care or healing arts profession or who administers\n\nhealth care in the ordinary course of business;\n\n3. \"Health care service\" means any phase of patient medical\n\ncare, treatment or procedure, including, but not limited to,\n\ntherapy, testing, diagnosis or prognosis, prescribing, dispensing or\n\nadministering any device, drug or medication, surgery, or any other\n\ncare or treatment rendered by health care providers;\n\n4. \"Utilization management\" shall include step therapy, prior\n\nauthorization restrictions and the use of formulary restrictions to\n\nrestrict access to a drug or other health care service prescribed by\n\na health care provider; and\n\n5. \"Self-advocacy organizations\" means organizations run by\n\npersons with disabilities, the majority of whose board members and\n\nemployees are themselves persons with disabilities.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"53ad4ef6da7ba9040c560b0f4cd5262fe4eb7e66861bbd4c3b23bfdbd3042fb2","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2561","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-2563"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}