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[citation needed] The Uniform Rights of the Terminally Ill Act was replaced as a recommended Uniform act by the Uniform Health-Care Decision-making Act in 1993. [1] The law allows a person to declare a living will specifying that, if the situation arises, he or she does not wish to be kept alive through life support if terminally ill or in a coma .
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act: Uniform Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Act: 1997 Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act: 1993 Uniform Health-Care Information Act: 1985 Uniform International Wills Act: 1977 Uniform Interstate and International Procedure Act: 1962 [2] Uniform Interstate Arbitration of Death Taxes Act: 1943
The Family Health Care Decisions Act [1] (the FHCDA) is a New York State statute that enables a patient's family member or close friend to make health care treatment decisions if the patient lacks capacity and did not make the decision in advance or appoint a health care agent. It also creates a bedside process to determine patient incapacity ...
An advance healthcare directive, also known as living will, personal directive, advance directive, medical directive or advance decision, is a legal document in which a person specifies what actions should be taken for their health if they are no longer able to make decisions for themselves because of illness or incapacity.
The Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was passed by the United States Congress in 1990 as an amendment to the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.Effective on December 1, 1991, this legislation required many hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice providers, health maintenance organizations (HMOs), and other health care institutions to provide information about ...
The United States health legislation category includes related topics. Pages in category "United States state health legislation" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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All health care surrogates are expected to follow the same set of standards: patient's known wishes, substituted judgments, and patient's best interests. [14] [15] The following people are denied the ability to act as a health care surrogate: The client's treating health care provider