Title 63, Title 63 — Public Health and Safety

As used in this act: 1. “Ancillary service” means a hospital item or service that a hospital customarily provides as part of a shoppable service; 2. “Chargemaster” means the list of all hospital items or services maintained by a hospital for which the hospital has established a c…

Notwithstanding any other law, a hospital shall make public: 1. A digital file in a machine-readable format that contains a list of all standard charges for all hospital items or services as described by Section 3 of this act; and 2. A consumer-friendly list of standard charges f…

A. A hospital shall: 1. Maintain a list of all standard charges for all hospital items or services in accordance with this section; and 2. Ensure the list required under paragraph 1 of this subsection is available at all times to the public, including by posting the list electron…

A. Except as provided by subsection C of this section, a hospital shall maintain and make publicly available a list of the standard charges described by Section 3 of this act for each of at least three hundred shoppable services provided by the hospital. The hospital may select t…

A. The State Department of Health may monitor each hospital’s compliance with the requirements of this act using any of the following methods: 1. Evaluating complaints made by persons to the Department regarding noncompliance with this act; 2. Reviewing any analysis prepared rega…

A. A hospital materially violates this act if the hospital fails to publicize: 1. Pricing information as required by Section 2 of this act; or 2. The hospital’s standard charges in the form and manner required by Sections 3 and 4 of this act. B. If the State Department of Health …

A. A hospital that is not in material compliance with this act on the date that items or services are purchased from or provided to a patient by the hospital shall not initiate or pursue collection action against the patient or patient guarantor for a debt owed for the items or s…

As used in the Transparency in Health Care Prices Act: 1. “Agency” means a government department, agency or a government-created entity; 2. “CPT code” means the Current Procedural Terminology code, or its successor code, as developed and copyrighted by the American Medical Associ…

A. A health care provider shall make available to the public, in a single document, either electronically or by posting conspicuously on the provider's website if one exists, the health care prices for at least the twenty most common health care services the health care provider …

A. A health care facility shall make available to the public, in a single document, either electronically or by posting conspicuously on its website if one exists, the health care prices for at least: 1. The twenty most used diagnosis-related group codes or other codes for inpati…

A. Nothing in the Transparency in Health Care Prices Act shall require a health care facility or health care provider to report its health care prices to any agency for review, filing or other purposes, or for applications for health care professional loan repayment. The Transpar…

A. As used in this section, the term: 1. "Human cloning" means human asexual reproduction, accomplished by introducing the nuclear material of a human somatic cell into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte whose nucleus has been removed or inactivated to produce a living organism …

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Freedom of Conscience Act". Added by Laws 2010, c. 47, § 1, emerg. eff. April 2, 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, 202…

As used in the Freedom of Conscience Act: 1. "Health care facility" means any public or private organization, corporation, authority, partnership, sole proprietorship, association, agency, network, joint venture, or other entity that is involved in providing health care services,…

circumstances. An employer shall not discriminate against an employee or prospective employee by refusing to reasonably accommodate the religious observance or practice of the employee or prospective employee, unless the employer can demonstrate that the accommodation would pose …

participate and immunity. A. No health care facility is required to admit any patient or to allow the use of the health care facility for the purpose of performing any of the acts specified in Section 3 of this act. B. A physician, physician's assistant, registered nurse, practic…

A. No health care facility, school, or employer shall discriminate against any person with regard to admission, hiring or firing, tenure, term, condition, or privilege of employment, student status, or staff status on the ground that the person refuses or states an intention to r…

A. For the purposes of this section, "damages" do not include noneconomic damages, as defined in Section 1-1708.1C of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. B. A person who is adversely affected by conduct that is in violation of the Freedom of Conscience Act may bring a civil action…

When RU-486 (mifepristone) or any other drug or chemical is used for the purpose of performing or inducing an abortion, the physician who is prescribing, dispensing, or otherwise providing the drug or chemical shall be physically present, in person, in the same room as the patien…

Any person who knowingly or recklessly violates this act shall be guilty of a felony. No penalty may be assessed against the female upon whom the abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced. Added by Laws 2012, c. 170, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2012. NOTE: Th…

contempt. A. Any person who knowingly or recklessly violates a provision of this act shall be liable for damages as provided in this section and may be enjoined from such acts in accordance with this section in an appropriate court. B. Any female upon whom an abortion has been pe…

In every proceeding or action brought under this act, the anonymity of any woman upon whom an abortion is performed or induced or attempted to be performed or induced shall be preserved from public disclosure unless she gives her consent to such disclosure. The court, upon motion…

No pregnant female who obtains or possesses RU-486 (mifepristone) or any other drug or chemical for the purpose of performing or inducing an abortion to terminate her own pregnancy shall be subject to any action brought under Section 3 of this act. Added by Laws 2012, c. 170, § 5…

Nothing in this act shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion. Added by Laws 2012, c. 170, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 2012. NOTE: The conditional repeal of this section by Laws 2021, c. 308, § 3, was itself repealed by Laws 2022, c. 133, § 2, emerg. eff. April 29, …

If any one or more provision, section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this act or the application hereof to any person or circumstance is found to be unconstitutional, the same is hereby declared to be severable and the balance of this act shall remain effective …

A. The Legislature finds that: 1. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the drug mifepristone (brand name "Mifeprex"), a first-generation [selective] progesterone receptor modulator ([S]PRM), as an abortion-inducing drug with a specific gestation, dosage, and admin…

A. As used in this article: 1. "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live…

A. No person shall perform or induce an abortion upon a pregnant woman unless that person is a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of Oklahoma who is board-certified in obstetrics and gynecology. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class D2 fel…

A. As used in this section: 1. "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 …

A. No person shall perform or induce an abortion upon a pregnant woman without first detecting whether or not her unborn child has a heartbeat. No person shall perform or induce an abortion upon a pregnant woman after such time as her unborn child has been determined to have a de…

A. As used in this section: 1. The terms "abortion" and "unborn child" shall have the same meaning as provided by Section 1-730 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; and 2. "Medical emergency" means a condition which cannot be remedied by delivery of the child in which an abortio…

A. No person shall perform or induce an abortion upon a pregnant woman after such time as her unborn child has become viable unless such abortion is necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent impairment to her health. B. An unborn child shall be presumed t…

No woman shall perform or induce an abortion upon herself, except under the supervision of a duly licensed physician. Any physician who supervises a woman in performing or inducing an abortion upon herself shall fulfill all the requirements of this article which apply to a physic…

A. No person shall purposely take the life of a child born as a result of an abortion or attempted abortion which is alive when partially or totally removed from the uterus of the pregnant woman. B. No person shall purposely take the life of a viable child who is alive while insi…

Experiments. A. No person shall sell a child, an unborn child or the remains of a child or an unborn child resulting from an abortion. No person shall experiment upon a child or an unborn child resulting from an abortion or which is intended to be aborted unless the experimentati…

No hospital in which abortions are performed or induced shall advertise or hold itself out as also providing counseling to pregnant women, unless: 1. The counseling is done by a licensed physician, a licensed registered nurse or by a person holding at least a bachelor's degree fr…

An abortion otherwise permitted by law shall be performed only in a hospital, as defined in this article, which meets standards set by the Department. The Department shall develop and promulgate reasonable standards relating to abortions. Added by Laws 1978, c. 207, § 9, eff. Oct…

A. A cause of action for injunctive relief against a person who has performed or attempted to perform a dismemberment abortion in violation of Section 3 of this act may be maintained by: 1. A woman upon whom such a dismemberment abortion was performed or attempted to be performed…

A. A cause of action for civil damages against a person who has performed a dismemberment abortion in violation of Section 3 of this act may be maintained by: 1. Any woman upon whom a dismemberment abortion has been performed in violation of Section 3 of this act; or 2. If the wo…

A. If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in an action described in Section 4 or 5 of this act, the court shall also render judgment for a reasonable attorney fee in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant. B. If judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant in a…

Whoever violates Section 3 of this act shall be fined Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or imprisoned for not more than two (2) years or both. Added by Laws 2015, c. 59, § 7, eff. Nov. 1, 2015. NOTE: The conditional repeal of this section by Laws 2021, c. 308, § 12, was itself re…

In every civil, criminal, or administrative proceeding or action brought under the Oklahoma Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act, the court shall rule whether the identity of any woman upon whom an abortion has been performed or attempted to be performed shall …

Nothing in the Oklahoma Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion, nor a right to a particular method of abortion. Added by Laws 2015, c. 59, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2015. NOTE: The conditional repeal of th…

If any one or more provisions, sections, subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or words of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is found to be unconstitutional, the same is hereby declared to be severable and the balance of this act shall remain ef…

A. Any private office, freestanding outpatient clinic, or other facility or clinic in which abortions, other than abortions necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant female, are performed, induced, prescribed for, or where the means for an abortion are provided shall conspic…

– Cause of action. A. Any private office, freestanding outpatient clinic or other facility or clinic that fails to post a required sign in knowing, reckless, or negligent violation of this act shall be assessed an administrative fine of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). Each day…

certification. A. If the pregnant female is a minor, the attending physician shall orally inform the female that no one can force her to have an abortion and that an abortion cannot be performed, induced, prescribed for, or that the means for an abortion cannot be provided unless…

Dismemberment Abortion Act. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act". Added by Laws 2015, c. 59, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2015. NOTE: The conditional repeal of this section by Laws 2021, c. 308, § 12, was itself r…

For the purposes of the Oklahoma Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment Abortion Act: 1. "Abortion" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device: a. to purposely kill the unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant, or b. …

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, it shall be unlawful and deemed a Class D2 felony offense for any person to purposely perform or attempt to perform a dismemberment abortion and thereby kill an unborn child unless necessary to prevent serious health risk to the unbo…