(a) Except as provided in AS 13.52.173, an adult may give an individual instruction. Except as provided in AS 13.52.177, the instruction may be oral or written. The instruction may be limited to take effect only if a specified condition arises. (b) An adult may execute a durable power of attorney for health care, which […]
(a) Except in the case of mental illness under (c) of this section, a principal may revoke the designation of an agent only by a signed writing or by personally informing the supervising health care provider. (b) Except in the case of mental illness under (c) of this section and except as provided by AS […]
A person who has withdrawn as an agent may rescind the withdrawal by executing an acceptance after the date of the withdrawal. A person who rescinds a withdrawal shall give notice to the principal if the principal has capacity or to the principal’s health care provider if the principal does not have capacity.
(a) Except in the case of mental health treatment and except as provided by AS 13.52.173 and 13.52.193, a surrogate may make a health care decision for a patient who is an adult if an agent or guardian has not been appointed or the agent or guardian is not reasonably available, and if the patient […]
(a) Subject to AS 13.52.183, 13.52.193, and 13.52.203, a guardian shall comply with the ward’s individual instructions and may not revoke a ward’s advance health care directive executed before the ward’s incapacity unless a court expressly authorizes the revocation. (b) Unless there is a court order to the contrary, a health care decision of an […]
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an agent or a surrogate may determine that life-sustaining procedures may be withheld or withdrawn from a patient with a qualifying condition when there is (1) a durable power of attorney for health care or other writing that clearly expresses the patient’s intent that the procedures be withheld […]
Unless there is a durable power of attorney for health care or another writing clearly expressing an individual’s intent to the contrary, an agent or surrogate may not consent on behalf of a patient to an abortion, sterilization, psychosurgery, or removal of bodily organs except when the abortion, sterilization, psychosurgery, or removal of bodily organs […]
(a) Before implementing a health care decision for a woman of childbearing age that would affect a fetus if present, the supervising health care provider shall take reasonable steps to determine whether the woman is pregnant. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, an advance health care directive by a patient […]
(a) Before implementing a health care decision made for a patient, a supervising health care provider, if possible, shall promptly communicate to the patient the decision made and the identity of the person making the decision. (b) A supervising health care provider who knows of the existence of an advance health care directive, a revocation […]
(a) A physician, an advanced practice registered nurse, or a physician assistant may issue a do not resuscitate order for a patient of the physician, the advanced practice registered nurse, or the physician assistant with the consent of the patient or the parent or guardian of the patient if the patient is under 18 years […]
(a) Unless otherwise specified in an advance health care directive, a person then authorized to make health care decisions for a patient has the same rights as the patient to request, receive, examine, copy, and consent to the disclosure of medical or other health care information. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, if there is […]
(a) A health care provider or health care institution that acts in good faith and in accordance with generally accepted health care standards applicable to the health care provider or institution is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for (1) providing health care information in good faith under […]
(a) A health care provider or institution that intentionally violates this chapter is liable to the aggrieved individual or the individual’s estate for damages of $10,000 or actual damages resulting from the violation, whichever is greater, plus attorney fees as provided by court rule. (b) A person who intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates […]
(a) This chapter does not affect the right of an individual to make health care decisions while having capacity to make health care decisions. (b) An individual is rebuttably 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. […]
A copy of a written advance health care directive, revocation of an advance health care directive, or designation or disqualification of an agent or a surrogate has the same effect as the original.
(a) In the absence of evidence to the contrary of the patient’s intent, this chapter establishes a presumption in favor of life, consistent with the best interest of the patient. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other life-sustaining procedures does not, for any […]
As a condition of receiving or being insured for health care services, a health care provider, a health care institution, a health care service plan, an insurer issuing health insurance, a self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or a nonprofit hospital plan may not require an individual to execute a health care directive, obtain a do […]
When determining the best interest of a patient under this chapter, health care treatment may not be denied to a patient because the patient has a disability or is expected to have a disability.
On petition of a patient, the patient’s agent, guardian, or surrogate, or a health care provider or institution involved with the patient’s care, the superior court may enjoin or direct a health care decision or order other equitable relief. A proceeding under this section is governed by AS 13.26.201 – 13.26.580.
A do not resuscitate order or a do not resuscitate identification executed, issued, or authorized in another state or a territory or possession of the United States is valid for the purposes of this chapter if it complies with the laws of this state. A health care provider or health care institution may presume, in […]
