§ 20-6-308. Liability

A healthcare provider, healthcare facility, or employee or agent of the healthcare provider or healthcare facility is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for:

1. (1) Complying with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon a good-faith assumption that the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was valid when executed and that the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was not revoked or terminated;

2. (2) Failing to comply with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon a good faith determination that:

   1. (A) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was not valid; or

   2. (B) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form requires medically ineffective health care or health care contrary to generally accepted healthcare standards applicable to the healthcare provider or healthcare facility; or

3. (3) Declining to comply with an executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon religious beliefs or moral convictions if the healthcare provider or healthcare facility complies with the requirements of § 20-6-305.