154.02 Definitions.
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154.02 Definitions. In this subchapter:
(1)“Declaration” means a written, witnessed document voluntarily executed by the declarant under s. 154.03
(1), but is not limited in form or substance to that provided in s. 154.03
(2).
(2)“Feeding tube” means a medical tube through which nutrition or hydration is administered into the vein, stomach, nose, mouth or other body opening of a qualified patient.
(3)“Qualified patient” means a declarant who has been diagnosed and certified in writing to be afflicted with a terminal condition or to be in a persistent vegetative state by 2 health care professionals, one of whom is the attending health care professional and one of whom is a physician, who have personally examined the declarant.