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Alaska Statutes.

Title 13. Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts.

Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act

Section 150. Do Not Resuscitate Orders and Identification of Other Jurisdictions.

AS 13.52.150. Do Not Resuscitate Orders and Identification of Other Jurisdictions.

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 [IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW OF THAT JURISDICTION IS RECOGNIZED] 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 the absence of actual notice to the contrary, that [. HOWEVER,] the do not resuscitate order or the do not resuscitate identification complies [MAY BE IMPLEMENTED ONLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION DOES NOT CONFLICT] with the laws of this state, regardless of where or when it was executed, issued, or authorized, and that the patient is a qualified patient.

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