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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 586 By: Garvin
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to informed consent; defining terms;
66	66	requiring informed consent for medical procedures and
67	67	treatments; establishing certa in requirements and
68	68	exceptions; establishing certain standard; providing
69	69	for codification; and providing an effective date .
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75	75	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
76	76	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law t o be codified
77	77	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3170 of Title 63, unless there
78	78	is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
79	79	A. For purposes of this sec tion:
80	80	1. The process of “informed consent” occurs when communication
81	81	between a patient an d physician results in the patient ’s
82	82	authorization or agreement to undergo a specific medical
83	83	intervention; and
84	84	2. “Physician” means a person licensed to practice me dicine in
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86	86	B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, a
87	87	physician shall obtain informed consent from a patient before
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139	139	performing any medical procedure or treatment. In seeking a
140	140	patient’s informed consent, or the consent of the pat ient’s
141	141	surrogate if the patient lacks decision-making capacity or declines
142	142	to participate in making decisions, the physician shall:
143	143	1. Assess the patient’s ability to understand relevant medical
144	144	information and the implications of treatment alternatives a nd to
145	145	make an independent, voluntary decision;
146	146	2. Present relevant information accurately and sensitively in
147	147	keeping with the patient ’s preferences for receiving medical
148	148	information. Such information shall include, but not be limited to :
149	149	a. the diagnosis, when known,
150	150	b. the nature and purpose of recommended interventions ,
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152	152	c. the burdens, risks and expected benefits of all
153	153	options including forgoing treatment ; and
154	154	3. Document the informed consent conversation and the patient ’s
155	155	or surrogate’s decision in the medical record in some manne r. When
156	156	the patient or surrogate has provided specific written consent, the
157	157	consent form shall be included in the record.
158	158	C. A physician in a medical facility may initiate treatment
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161	161	1. There is an emergency;
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214	214	3. The patient is not able to participate in decision making ;
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217	217	In such situations, the physician shall inform the patient or
218	218	surrogate at the earliest opportunity and obtain consent for ongoing
219	219	treatment in keeping with subsection B of this section.
220	220	D. The standard to be applied in informed consent cases shall
221	221	be an objective standard, defined as whether a reasonable person in
222	222	the patient’s position would have consented to the specific medical
223	223	intervention in question if adequately informed of all significant
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225	225	SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 20 21.
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