SECTION 130:13-11-2. Life-sustaining treatment

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(a)   Life sustaining treatment shall not be withheld or withdrawn by the physicians of the Center. All patients admitted to the Center shall receive appropriate medical care, treatment, nutrition, hydration and pain management throughout their stay except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c).
(b)   If a qualified patient has an advance directive to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment, the Center shall honor that request and abide by that decision. A qualified patient is one who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, who has issued an advance directive and who is in a terminal condition or in a persistently unconscious state.
(c)   If a patient has a DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) order, the Center shall abide by that order.

[Source: Added at 19 Ok Reg 2604, eff 7-11-02]

                    
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