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.
- 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.