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144A.6 TREATMENT OF QUALIFIED PATIENTS.
1. A qualified patient has the right to make decisions regarding
use of life-sustaining procedures as long as the qualified patient is
able to do so. If a qualified patient is not able to make such
decisions, the declaration shall govern decisions regarding use of
life-sustaining procedures.
2. The declaration of a qualified patient known to the attending
physician to be pregnant shall not be in effect as long as the fetus
could develop to the point of live birth with continued application
of life-sustaining procedures. However, the provisions of this
subsection do not impair any existing rights or responsibilities that
any person may have in regard to the withholding or withdrawal of
life-sustaining procedures. Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 3, §7
Referred to in § 144A.8
