Oklahoma § 63-1-738.1A Definitions.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 63-1-738.1A — Definitions.

Oklahoma § 63-1-738.1A

Title 63Public Health And Safety

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Bluebook

Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-738.1A (2026).

Text

As used in this section and Sections 1-738.2 through 1-738.5 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes: 1. "Abortion" means the term as defined in Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; 2. "Attempt to perform an abortion" means an act, or an omission of a statutorily required act, that, under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performance of an abortion in this state in violation of this act; 3. "Board" means the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; 4. "Certified technician" means a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer who is certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), or a nurse midwife or Advance Practi

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As used in this section and Sections 1-738.2 through 1-738.5 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes: 1. "Abortion" means the term as defined in Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; 2. "Attempt to perform an abortion" means an act, or an omission of a statutorily required act, that, under the circumstances as the actor believes them to be, constitutes a substantial step in a course of conduct planned to culminate in the performance of an abortion in this state in violation of this act; 3. "Board" means the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; 4. "Certified technician" means a Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer who is certified in obstetrics and gynecology by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), or a nurse midwife or Advance Practice Nurse Practitioner in obstetrics with certification in obstetrical ultrasonography; 5. "Medical emergency" means the existence of any physical condition, not including any emotional, psychological, or mental condition, which a reasonably prudent physician, with knowledge of the case and treatment possibilities with respect to the medical conditions involved, would determine necessitates the immediate abortion of the pregnancy of the female to avert her death or to avert substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function arising from continued pregnancy; 6. "Physician" means a person licensed to practice medicine in this state pursuant to Sections 495 and 633 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes; 7. "Probable gestational age of the unborn child" means what, in the judgment of the physician, will with reasonable probability be the gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is planned to be performed; 8. "Stable Internet website" means a website that, to the extent reasonably practicable, is safeguarded from having its content altered other than by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision; 9. "Unborn child" means the term as is defined in Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and 10. "Woman" means a female human being whether or not she has reached the age of majority.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 2010, c. 173, § 1, emerg. eff. April 27, 2010. NOTE: The conditional repeal of this section by Laws 2021, c. 308, § 2, was itself repealed by Laws 2022, c. 133, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29, 2022.