Section 1-3-101 - Authorization to consent to medical or dental careA.1. Either parent or the court-appointed legal guardian of a child may authorize, in writing, any adult person into whose care the minor has been entrusted to consent to any: c. medical or surgical diagnosis or treatment,e. immunization, blood tests, examinations, Guidance Services, and Early Intervention Services provided by a city or county Department of Health, to be rendered to said minor under the general or special supervision and upon the advice of a physician and surgeon licensed under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, or to consent to an x-ray examination, anesthetic, dental or surgical diagnosis or treatment and hospital care to be rendered to said minor by a dentist licensed under the laws of the State of Oklahoma.2. If any parent or other person falsely represents in writing that such parent or other person has legal custody or legal guardianship of the minor child, or if any adult falsely represents that the written authorization provided for in this subsection is valid, and a health professional provides health services or care as provided by this section in good faith upon such misrepresentation, the health professional shall incur no liability except for negligence or intentional harm.B. Either parent, if both parents have legal custody, or the parent or person having legal custody or the legal guardian of a minor may authorize, in writing, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1-116.2 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes a school or county nurse or in the absence of such nurse, a school administrator or designated school employees to administer: 1. A nonprescription medicine; and2. A filled prescription medicine as that term is defined by Section 353.1 of Title 59 of the Oklahoma Statutes.Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 1-3-101
Added by Laws 1974, SB 579, c. 208, § 1, emerg. eff. 5/15/1974; Amended by Laws 1984, HB 1550, c. 192, § 2, emerg. eff. 5/14/1984; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 2351, c. 273, § 2, eff. 9/1/1992; Amended by Laws 1994, HB 1989, c. 15, § 1, eff. 9/1/1994; Amended by Laws 2009 , HB 2028, c. 233, §7, emerg. eff. 5/21/2009; Renumbered from 10 O.S. § 170.1 by Laws 2009 , HB 2028, c. 233, §7, emerg. eff. 5/21/2009.