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Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 54 was added November 29, 2006, P.L.1484, No.169,...
Section 5421 - Applicability - (a) General rule.--This chapter applies to advance health care directives...
Section 5422 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 5423 - Legislative findings and intent - (a) Intent.--This chapter provides a statutory means for competent adults...
Section 5424 - Compliance - (a) Notification by attending physician or health care provider.--If an...
Section 5425 - Conflicting advance health care directives - If a provision of an advance health care directive conflicts...
Section 5426 - Death not suicide or homicide - The withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a principal...
Section 5427 - Life insurance - The making of or failure to make an advance health...
Section 5428 - Health care instruments optional - A health care provider, a health care service plan, a...
Section 5429 - Pregnancy - (a) Living wills and health care decisions.--Notwithstanding the existence of...
Section 5430 - Effect of divorce - (a) General rule.--If the spouse of a principal is designated...
Section 5431 - Liability - (a) General rule.--A health care provider or another person may...
Section 5432 - Criminal penalties - (a) Criminal homicide.--A person shall be subject to prosecution for...
Section 5433 - Forms - (a) Substance of forms.-- (1) An advance health care directive...
Section 5434 - Construction - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as requiring a...
Section 5441 - Short title of subchapter - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 5442 - Execution - (a) Who may make.--An individual of sound mind may make...
Section 5443 - When living will operative - (a) When operative.--A living will becomes operative when: (1) a...
Section 5444 - Revocation - (a) When living will may be revoked.--A living will may...
Section 5445 - Emergency medical services - (a) General rule.--An emergency medical services provider shall, in the...
Section 5446 - Validity - (a) Living will executed prior to effective date of subchapter.--This...
Section 5447 - Form - A living will may be in any written form expressing...
Section 5451 - Short title of subchapter - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 5452 - Execution - (a) Who may make.--An individual of sound mind may make...
Section 5453 - Requirements and options - (a) General rule.--A health care power of attorney shall: (1)...
Section 5454 - When health care power of attorney operative - (a) When operative.--Unless otherwise specified in the health care power...
Section 5455 - Appointment of health care agents - (a) Multiple and successor health care agents.--A principal may appoint...
Section 5456 - Authority of health care agent - (a) Extent of authority.--Except as expressly provided otherwise in a...
Section 5457 - Countermand - (a) Competent principal.--A principal of sound mind may countermand any...
Section 5458 - Amendment - While of sound mind, a principal may amend a health...
Section 5459 - Revocation - (a) When health care power of attorney may be revoked.--While...
Section 5460 - Relation of health care agent to court-appointed guardian and other agents - (a) Accountability of health care agent.--If a principal who has...
Section 5461 - Decisions by health care representative - (a) General rule.--A health care representative may make a health...
Section 5462 - Duties of attending physician and health care provider - (a) Duty to certify end-stage medical condition.--Promptly after a determination...
Section 5463 - Effect on other State law - (a) Mental health.--This subchapter does not affect the requirements of...
Section 5464 - Validity - This subchapter does not limit the validity of a power...
Section 5465 - Form - A health care power of attorney may be in any...
Section 5471 - Example - The following is an example of a document that combines...
Section 5481 - Short title of subchapter - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 5482 - Legislative findings and intent - The General Assembly finds and declares as follows: (1) Although...
Section 5483 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter...
Section 5484 - Orders, bracelets and necklaces - (a) Issuance.--An attending physician, upon the request of a patient...
Section 5485 - Revocation - (a) Patient.--If a patient has obtained an order, only the...
Section 5486 - Absence of order, bracelet or necklace - If an order has not been issued by an attending...
Section 5487 - Emergency medical services - (a) Medical command instructions.--Notwithstanding the absence of an order, bracelet...
Section 5488 - Advisory committee - (a) Establishment.--Within 60 days of the effective date of this...