§327E-13  Effect of this chapter.  (a) This chapter shall not create a presumption concerning the intention of anindividual who has not made or who has revoked an advance health-caredirective.

(b)  Death resulting from the withholding orwithdrawal of health care in accordance with this chapter shall not for anypurpose constitute a suicide or homicide or legally impair or invalidate apolicy of insurance or an annuity providing a death benefit, notwithstandingany term of the policy or annuity to the contrary.

(c)  This chapter shall not authorize mercykilling, assisted suicide, euthanasia, or the provision, withholding, orwithdrawal of health care, to the extent prohibited by other statutes of thisState.

(d)  This chapter shall not authorize or requirea health-care provider or institution to provide health care contrary togenerally accepted health-care standards applicable to the health-care provideror institution.

(e)  This chapter shall not authorize an agentor surrogate to consent to the admission of an individual to a psychiatricfacility as defined in chapter 334, unless the individual's written advancehealth-care directive expressly so provides.

(f)  This chapter shall not affect otherstatutes of this State governing treatment for mental illness of an individualinvoluntarily committed to a psychiatric facility. [L 1999, c 169, pt of §1; amL 2000, c 42, §1]