SECTION 450:15-3-12. Right to practice religion of choice

  Each consumer shall have the right to practice his or her religious beliefs and be accorded the opportunity for religious worship. No consumer shall be coerced into engaging in, or refraining from, any religious activity, practice or belief. A consumer who is an adherent to, or a member of, any recognized religious denomination, the principles and tenets of which teach reliance upon prayer or spiritual means alone for healing, shall have the right to choose this method of healing. Also, the parent of a minor person who has been admitted to a mental health facility shall have the right to choose healing by spiritual means through prayer rather than services provided by the facility.

(1)   However, should the decision to refuse traditional treatment recommended by the treatment team result in danger to the consumer or others in the facility, the facility shall have the right to seek judicial relief.

(2)   If the consumer has been admitted on a voluntary basis, and makes a decision to refuse traditional treatment recommended by the attending physician, the facility may decide not to serve the consumer and discharge him or her.

[Source: Amended at 10 Ok Reg 4093, eff 7-26-93; Amended at 19 Ok Reg 1363, eff 7-1-02; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 1726, eff 7-1-04]