Okla. Stat. tit. 63 § 1-745.32

Current through Laws 2024, c. 453.

Section 1-745.32 - Definitions

As used in this act:

1. "Fetal heartbeat" means cardiac activity or the steady and repetitive rhythmic contraction of the fetal heart within the gestational sac;

2. "Gestational age" means the amount of time that has elapsed from the first day of a woman's last menstrual period;

3. "Gestational sac" means the structure comprising the extraembryonic membranes that envelop the unborn child and that is typically visible by ultrasound after the fourth week of pregnancy;

4. "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine in this state including a medical doctor and a doctor of osteopathic medicine;

5. "Pregnancy" means the human female reproductive condition that:

a. begins with fertilization,

b. occurs when the woman is carrying the developing human offspring, and

c. is calculated from the first day of the woman's last menstrual period;

6. "Standard medical practice" means the degree of skill, care, and diligence that an obstetrician of ordinary judgment, learning, and skill would employ in like circumstances;

7. "Unborn child" means a human fetus or embryo in any stage of gestation from fertilization until birth; and

8. "Woman" and "women" include any person whose biological sex is female including any person with XX chromosomes and any person with a uterus, regardless of any gender identity that the person attempts to assert or claim.

Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 1-745.32

Added by Laws 2022 , c. 190, s. 2, eff. 5/3/2022.