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Title 18: Health

Chapter 231: Advance Directives for Health Care, Disposition of Remains, and Surrogate Decision Making

• Subchapter 001: ADVANCE DIRECTIVES AND DISPOSITION OF REMAINS
•    § 9700. Purpose and policy

•    § 9701. Definitions

•    § 9702. Advance directive

•    § 9703. Form and execution

•    § 9704. Amendment, suspension, and revocation

•    § 9705. Duty to deliver

•    § 9706. When advance directive becomes effective

•    § 9707. Authority and obligations of health care providers, health care facilities, and residential care facilities regarding health care instructions

•    § 9708. Authority and obligations of health care providers, health care facilities, and residential care facilities regarding DNR orders and COLST

•    § 9709. Obligations of health care providers, health care facilities, residential care facilities, and health insurers regarding protocols and nondiscrimination

•    § 9710. Consent for hospice care

•    § 9711. Authority and obligations of agent

•    § 9712. Obligations of funeral directors, crematory operators, cemetery officials, procurement organizations, and individuals appointed to arrange for the disposition of the principal's remains

•    § 9713. Immunity

•    § 9714. Failure to follow advance directive; unauthorized access of registry; administrative penalties

•    § 9715. Interpretation with other laws

•    § 9716. Reciprocity; choice of law

•    § 9717. Presumption of validity

•    § 9718. Petition for review by the Probate Division of the Superior Court

•    § 9719. Obligations of State agencies

•    § 9720. Severability

•    § 9721. Remote witnesses and explainers through March 31, 2024

• Subchapter 002: SURROGATE CONSENT
•    § 9731. Informed consent by surrogate for DNR/COLST order

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