(a) Nothing in this article shall impair or supersede any legal right or legal responsibility which any person may have to effect the withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in any lawful manner. In such respect, the provisions of this article are cumulative.
(b) Nothing in this article shall be construed to preclude a court of competent jurisdiction from approving the issuance of a do not resuscitate order under circumstances other than those under which such an order may be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 30C. Do Not Resuscitate Act
§16-30C-2. Legislative Findings and Purposes
§16-30C-7. Compliance With a Do-Not-Resuscitate Order
§16-30C-8. Revocation of Do Not Resuscitate Order
§16-30C-11. Interinstitutional Transfers
§16-30C-12. Preservation of Existing Rights
§16-30C-13. Do-Not-Resuscitate Order Form; Do-Not-Resuscitate Identification; Public Education
§16-30C-14. Not Suicide or Murder