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17-An Act relating to hospitals; creating the No Patient
18-Left Alone Act; providing for minor and adult
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51+”An Act relating to hospitals; creating the No
52+Patient Left Alone Act; providing for minor and adult
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2256 certain safety protocols and revoke visitation rights
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2458 construction; prohibiting termination, suspension or
2559 waiver of visitation rights by certain parties;
2660 providing certain limitations; prohibiting hospitals
2761 from requiring patient waiver of certain rights;
2862 requiring posting of certain informational materials;
2963 requiring the State Department of Health to develop
3064 certain informational materials; prohibiting action
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3266 omissions; providing for codification; and providing
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4299 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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46102 A. This section shall be known and may be cited as the "No
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49104 B. Subject to the provisions of subsections D and E of this
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92165 visiting is receiving care or beyond general common areas in the
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98170 emergency declared by the Governor or the Legislature. No hospital
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105202 materials developed by the State Department of Health explaining the
106203 rights specified in this section. The State Department of Health
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307+BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
308+SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codifie d
309+in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1 -706a of Title 63, unless there
310+is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
311+This act shall be known and may be cited as the "No Patient Left
312+Alone Act".
313+SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new se ction of law to be codified
314+in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1 -706b of Title 63, unless there
315+is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
316+A. Subject to the provisions of subsection D of this section,
317+each minor who is admitted to a hospita l licensed pursuant to
318+Section 1-702 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes has the right to
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347+minor patient is receiving hospital care.
348+B. Subject to the provisions of subsection D of this section,
349+each adult who is admitted to a hospital licensed pursuant to
350+Section 1-702 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes has the right to
351+designate a spouse, family member, or friend who shall h ave the
352+unrestricted privilege of being present while the adult patient is
353+receiving hospital care.
354+C. The rights specified in this section may not be terminated,
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356+Health, or any governmental en tity, notwithstanding declarations of
357+emergency declared by the Governor or the Legislature.
358+D. Hospitals may require visitors to wear personal protective
359+equipment, provided that any such required equipment shall be
360+provided by the hospital. Nothing in this section shall be
361+construed to require a hospital to allow a visitor to enter an
362+operating room or other typically restricted area or to remain
363+present during the administration of emergency care in critical
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365+E. No hospital licensed pursua nt to Section 1-702 of Title 63
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397+Department of Health explaining the rights specified in this
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