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Title X - Public Health
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Chapter 137-J - Written Directives for Medical ...
Chapter 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions
Section 137-J:1 - Purpose and Policy.
Section 137-J:2 - Definitions.
Section 137-J:3 - Freedom From Influence; Notice Required.
Section 137-J:4 - Severability.
Section 137-J:5 - Scope and Duration of Agent's Authority.
Section 137-J:6 - Requirement to Act in Accordance With Principal's Wishes and Best Interests.
Section 137-J:7 - Physician, APRN, and Provider's Responsibilities.
Section 137-J:8 - Restrictions on Who May Act as Agent or Surrogate.
Section 137-J:9 - Confidentiality and Access to Protected Health Information.
Section 137-J:10 - Withholding or Withdrawal of Life-Sustaining Treatment.
Section 137-J:11 - Liability for Health Care Costs.
Section 137-J:12 - Immunity.
Section 137-J:13 - Use of Statutory Forms.
Section 137-J:14 - Execution and Witnesses.
Section 137-J:15 - Revocation.
Section 137-J:16 - Documents Executed Prior to Enactment.
Section 137-J:17 - Reciprocity.
Section 137-J:18 - Naming of Multiple Agents.
Section 137-J:19 - Durable Power of Attorney; Disclosure Statement.
Section 137-J:20 - Advance Directive; Durable Power of Attorney and Living Will; Form.
Section 137-J:21 - Effect of Appointment of Guardian; Inconsistency.
Section 137-J:22 - Civil Action.
Section 137-J:23 - Penalty.
Section 137-J:24 - Applicability.
Section 137-J:25 - Presumed Consent to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Health Care Providers and Residential Care Providers Not Required to Expand to Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
Section 137-J:26 - Issuance of a Do Not Resuscitate Order; Order to be Written by the Attending Physician or APRN.
Section 137-J:27 - Compliance With a Do Not Resuscitate Order.
Section 137-J:28 - Protection of Persons Carrying Out in Good Faith a Do Not Resuscitate Order; Notification of Agent by Attending Physician or APRN Refusing to Comply With Do Not Resuscitate Order.
Section 137-J:29 - Revocation of Do Not Resuscitate Order.
Section 137-J:30 - Not Suicide or Murder.
Section 137-J:31 - Interinstitutional Transfers.
Section 137-J:32 - Preservation of Existing Rights.
Section 137-J:33 - Do Not Resuscitate Identification.
Section 137-J:34 - Applicability.
Section 137-J:35 - Surrogate Decision-making.
Section 137-J:36 - Determining Priority Among Multiple Surrogates.
Section 137-J:37 - Limitations of Surrogacy.