[§327E-11]  Capacity.  (a)  This chapter
does not affect the right of an individual to make health-care decisions while
having capacity to do so.



(b)  An individual is presumed to have capacity
to make a health-care decision, to give or revoke an advance health-care
directive, and to designate or disqualify a surrogate. [L 1999, c 169, pt of
§1]