Can guardians sign a Do-Not-Resuscitate order?
Section 3-119 of Title 30 prohibits a guardian from consenting on behalf of the ward to the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from the ward, except as authorized by an advance directive executed pursuant to the Oklahoma Rights of the Terminally Ill or Persistently Unconscious Act. If there is no such advance directive, the guardian must petition the court where the guardianship was originally obtained to be granted a separate order.
