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§ 5-613. Compliance with health care instructions, patient transfers

West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--General

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Health--General
Title 5. Death (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 6. Health Care Decisions Act (Refs & Annos)
Part I. Advance Directives (Refs & Annos)
MD Code, Health - General, § 5-613
§ 5-613. Compliance with health care instructions, patient transfers
Currentness
In general
(a) A health care provider that intends not to comply with an instruction of a health care agent or a surrogate shall:
(1) Inform the person giving the instruction that:
(i) The health care provider declines to carry out the instruction;
(ii) The person may request a transfer to another health care provider; and
(iii) The health care provider will make every reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another health care provider;
(2) Assist in the transfer; and
(3) Pending the transfer, comply with an instruction of a competent individual, or of a health care agent or surrogate for an individual who is incapable of making an informed decision, if a failure to comply with the instruction would likely result in the death of the individual.
Objection to health care
(b) Nothing in this section authorizes a health care provider to provide health care to:
(1) A competent individual over the objection of that individual; or
(2) An individual incapable of making an informed decision over the objection of another person authorized by law to consent to the provision of health care for the individual.

Credits

Added by Acts 1993, c. 372, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1993.
MD Code, Health - General, § 5-613, MD HEALTH GEN § 5-613
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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