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HB 2334 Advance medical directives; physician determining patient is incapable of making informed decision.

Introduced by: Kristen J. Amundson | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Advance directives; capacity determinations.  Requires that at least one of the physicians or the licensed clinical psychologist making the determination that a patient is incapable of making an informed decision about medical treatment shall have completed a training program in capacity assessments approved by the Board of Medicine for this purpose. This bill has been incorporated into HB 2396.


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