D.C. Code § 21-2212
(c) Emergency health care may be provided without consent to a patient who is certified incapacitated under § 21-2204, if no authorized person is reasonably available or if, in the reasonable medical judgment of the attending physician, attempting to locate an authorized person would cause:
Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-189, § 13, 35 DCR 8653
Feb. 5, 1994, D.C. Law 10-68, § 23(m), 40 DCR 6311
Oct. 22, 2008, D.C. Law 17-249, § 3(d), 55 DCR 9206
Feb. 27, 2016, D.C. Law 21-72, § 2(c)(6), 63 DCR 208
For temporary (90 day) amendment, see § 3(d) of Health-Care Decisions for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Emergency Act of 2008 (D.C. Act 17-492, August 4, 2008, 55 DCR 9167).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 3(d) of Health-Care Decisions for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2008 (D.C. Act 17-245, January 23, 2008, 55 DCR 1230).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 3(d) of Health-Care Decisions for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Emergency Act of 2007 (D.C. Act 17-161, October 18, 2007, 54 DCR 10932).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 3(d) of Health-Care Decisions for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Congressional Review Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-566, December 19, 2006, 53 DCR 10272).
For temporary (90 day) amendment of section, see § 3(d) of Health-Care Decisions for Persons with Developmental Disabilities Emergency Amendment Act of 2006 (D.C. Act 16-480, September 25, 2006, 53 DCR 7940).
For temporary (90 days) repeal of § 4 of D.C. Law 21-72, see § 7011 of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-104, July 20, 2017, 64 DCR 7032).
For temporary (90 days) repeal of § 4 of D.C. Law 21-72, see § 7011 of Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Support Congressional Review Emergency Act of 2017 (D.C. Act 22-167, Oct. 24, 2017, 64 DCR 10802).
Section 6(b) of D.C. Law 17-100 provided that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
“(4) Serious dysfunction of a bodily organ or part of the incapacitated individual”.
“(3) Serious impairment to the incapacitated individual’s bodily functions; or
“(2) The health of the incapacitated individual to be placed in serious jeopardy;
“(1) A substantial risk of death to the incapacitated individual;
“(c) Emergency health care may be provided without consent to a patient who is certified incapacitated under § 21-2204, if no authorized person is reasonably available or if, in the reasonable medical judgment of the attending physician, attempting to locate an authorized person would cause:
“(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to conflict with or supersede, the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, approved April 17, 1986 (100 Stat. 164; 42 U.S.C. § 1395dd).
“(a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy-killing or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act to end a human life other than to permit the natural dying process.
Section 3(d) of D.C. Law 17-100 amended the section to read as follows: Ҥ 21-2212. Effect of chapter.
Section 6(b) of D.C. Law 16-194 provided that the act shall expire after 225 days of its having taken effect.
“(4) Serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part.”
“(1) A substantial risk of death;
“(c) Emergency health care may be provided without consent to a patient who is certified incapacitated under § 21-2204 if no authorized person is reasonably available or if, in the reasonable medical judgment of the attending physician, attempting to locate an authorized person would cause:
Section 3(d) of D.C. Law 16-194 amended this section to read as follows: Ҥ 21-2212. Effect of chapter.
The 2016 amendment by D.C. Law 21-72 substituted “subchapter” for “chapter” throughout the section.
D.C. Law 17-249 rewrote the section, which had read as follows: “Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy-killing or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act to end a human life other than to permit the natural process of dying.”
1981 Ed., § 21-2212.
This section is referenced in § 7-1305.06a.
Applicability of D.C. Law 21-72: § 4 of D.C. Law 21-72 provided that the change made to this section by § 2 of D.C. Law 21-72 is subject to the inclusion of the law’s fiscal effect in an approved budget and financial plan. Therefore that amendment has not been given effect.
Section 7011 of D.C. Law 22-33 repealed § 4 of D.C. Law 21-72. Therefore the creation of this section by D.C. Law 21-72 has been implemented.