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Code · Virginia · Title 54.1 · Chapter 29

Code of Virginia § 54.1-2987. Transfer of patient by physician who refuses to comply with advance directive or health care decision.

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An attending physician who refuses to comply with
(i)a patient's advance directive or
(ii)the health care decision of a patient's agent or
(iii)the health care decision of an authorized person pursuant to § 54.1-2986 shall make a reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another physician and shall comply with § 54.1-2990 .
This section shall apply even if the attending physician determines the health care requested to be medically or ethically inappropriate.
1983, c. 532, § 54-325.8:7; 1988, c. 765; 1992, cc. 748, 772; 2000, cc. 590 , 598 ; 2009, cc. 211 , 268 .
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