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§63-3080.5.
§63-3080.5.
A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person and no health
care facility shall be required to participate in or provide
facilities for medical treatment or care of an incompetent patient who
is to die as the result of dehydration or starvation.
B. The law of this state shall not be construed to permit withdrawal
or withholding of medical treatment, care, nutrition or hydration from
an incompetent patient because of the mental disability or mental
status of that patient.
C. No guardian, public or private agency, court, or any other person
shall have the authority to make a decision on behalf of an
incompetent patient to withhold or withdraw hydration or nutrition
from said patient except in the circumstances and under the conditions
specifically provided for in Section 3080.4 of this title.
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