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Alaska Statutes.

Title 13. Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts.

Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act

Section 45. Withholding or Withdrawing of Life-Sustaining Procedures.

AS 13.52.045. Withholding or Withdrawing of Life-Sustaining Procedures.

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provision of this chapter, an agent or a surrogate may determine that life-sustaining procedures may be withheld or withdrawn from a patient with a qualifying condition when there is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for health care or other writing that clearly expresses the patient's intent that the procedures be withheld or withdrawn; or

(2) no durable power of attorney for health care or other writing that clearly expresses the patient's intent to the contrary, the patient has a qualifying condition as determined under AS 13.52.160 , and withholding or withdrawing the procedures would be consistent with the patient's best interest.

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