Definitions.

1. Law
2. Oklahoma Statutes
3. Public Health and Safety
4. Definitions.

As used in the Maternal Mortality Review Act:

1. "Committee" means the Maternal Mortality Review Committee;

2. "Health care entity" means:

• a.any hospital or related institution offering or providing health care services,
• b.any ambulatory surgical center offering or providing health care services under a license,
• c.the clinical practices of accredited allopathic and osteopathic state medical schools, and
• d.any other entity directly involved in the delivery of health care services;

3. "Pregnancy-related death" means the death of a woman while pregnant or within one (1) year of delivery or the end of pregnancy, regardless of the duration and site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes; and

4. "Pregnancy-associated death" means the death of a woman, from any cause, while she is pregnant or within one (1) year of termination of pregnancy.

Added by Laws 2019, c. 473, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.

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