Sec. 19a-580e. Conservator's duty to comply with conserved person's health care instructions or other wishes. Precedence of health care representative's decisions. Exceptions. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 19a-580e. Conservator's duty to comply with conserved person's health care instructions or other wishes. Precedence of health care representative's decisions. Exceptions. (a) Except as authorized by a court of competent jurisdiction, a conservator shall comply with a conserved person's individual health care instructions and other wishes, if any, expressed while the conserved person had capacity and to the extent known to the conservator, and the conservator may not revoke the conserved person's advance health care directive unless the appointing court expressly so authorizes.

      (b) Absent a court order to the contrary, a health care decision of a health care representative takes precedence over that of a conservator, except under the following circumstances: (1) When the health care decision concerns a person who is subject to the provisions of section 17a-566, 17a-587, 17a-588 or 54-56d; (2) when a conservator has been appointed for a conserved person who is subject to an order authorized under subsection (e) of section 17a-543, for the duration of the conserved person's hospitalization; or (3) when a conservator has been appointed for a conserved person subject to an order authorized under section 17a-543a.

      (P.A. 06-195, S. 79; P.A. 07-116, S. 32.)

      History: P.A. 07-116 substituted "conserved person" for "ward".