TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 53

ADULT ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION ACT

39-5311.  Effect of actions taken pursuant to the natural death act. Any action taken by a physician or health facility pursuant to an agreement with a vulnerable adult in accordance with the provisions of chapter 45, title 39, Idaho Code, shall not be construed to constitute abuse, exploitation, or neglect, so long as it is consistent with the withholding or withdrawal of artificial life-sustaining procedures from a qualified patient.

History:

[(39-5311) 1982, ch. 286, sec. 2, p. 734; am. and redesignated 1991, ch. 329, sec. 14, p. 853.]