Provisions as Cumulative; Legal Right Not Impaired or Superseded; Presumption.

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Sec. 5684.

(1) The provisions of this part are cumulative and do not impair or supersede a legal right that a patient or patient representative may have to consent to or refuse medical treatment for himself or herself or on behalf of another.

(2) This part does not create a presumption that a patient who has executed a POST form intends to consent to or refuse medical treatment that is not addressed in the medical orders on the POST form.

(3) This part does not create a presumption that a patient or patient representative who has not executed a POST form intends to consent to or refuse any type of medical treatment.

History: Add. 2017, Act 154, Eff. Feb. 6, 2018
Popular Name: Act 368


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