(a) The General Assembly recognizes as a matter of public policy that an individual's rights include the right to a peaceful and natural death and that a patient or the patient's representative has the fundamental right to control the decisions relating to the rendering of the patient's own medical care, including the decision to have life-prolonging measures withheld or withdrawn in instances of a terminal condition. This Article is to establish an optional and nonexclusive procedure by which a patient or the patient's representative may exercise these rights. A military advanced medical directive executed in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 1044 or other applicable law is valid in this State.
(b) Nothing in this Article shall be construed to authorize any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying. Nothing in this Article shall impair or supersede any legal right or legal responsibility which any person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging measures in any lawful manner. In such respect the provisions of this Article are cumulative. (1977, c. 815; 1979, c. 715, s. 1; 1983, c. 313, s. 1; 2007-502, s. 10.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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cases, 1997–2016 · leading case:
Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997).
Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997).
“Health Law § 2989(3) (McKinney 1993); N. C. Gen. Stat. §§ 90-320(b), 90-321(f) (1993); N.”
Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997).
“Health Law § 2989(3) (McKinney 1993); N. C. Gen. Stat. §§ 90-320(b), 90-321(f) (1993); N.”
In re Doe, 53 Misc. 3d 829 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 2016).
“…to 449.690; New Hampshire, NH Rev Stat Ann ch 137-J; New Mexico, NM Stat Ann §§ 24-7A-1 to 24-7A-18; North Carolina, NC Gen Stat §§ 90-320 to 90-328; North Dakota, ND Cent Code §§ 23-12-01 to 23-12-19; Ohio, Ohio Rev Code Ann §§ 2133.01 to 2133.16; Oregon, Or Rev Stat §§…”
Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997).
“Health Law § 2989(3) (McKinney 1993); N. C. Gen. Stat. §§ 90-320(b), 90-321(f) (1993); N.”
— N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-320(b) — 3 cases
Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997).
“Health Law § 2989(3) (McKinney 1993); N. C. Gen. Stat. §§ 90-320(b), 90-321(f) (1993); N.”
Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997).
“Health Law § 2989(3) (McKinney 1993); N. C. Gen. Stat. §§ 90-320(b), 90-321(f) (1993); N.”
Vacco v. Quill, 521 U.S. 793 (1997).
“Health Law § 2989(3) (McKinney 1993); N. C. Gen. Stat. §§ 90-320(b), 90-321(f) (1993); N.”
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