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Procedures for Surrogate Health Care Decision Making

Procedures for Surrogate Health Care Decision Making

6000.1001Scope.6000.1002Purpose.6000.1003Definitions.6000.1011Competent individuals.6000.1012Individuals who are not competent and need emergency treatment.6000.1013Individuals who are not competent and who do not have end-stage medical conditions or are not permanently unconscious.6000.1014Individuals who are not competent and who have either end-stage medical conditions or are permanently unconscious.6000.1015Health care power of attorney.6000.1016Limitations on authority of the surrogate health care decision maker.6000.1017Guidance for individuals without family or an advocate.6000.1018Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR) facility director as a guardian.6000.1021Access to records.6000.1031Applicable statutes.6000.1032Applicability of section 417(c) of the MH/MR Act to health-care decisions.