65-28,101. Withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures; legislative finding and declaration. - Kansas Statutes

65-28,101

Chapter 65.--PUBLIC HEALTH Article 28.--HEALING ARTS

      65-28,101.   Withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures;legislative finding and declaration.The legislature finds that adult persons have the fundamentalright to control the decisions relating to the rendering of their own medicalcare, including the decision to have life-sustaining procedures withheldor withdrawn in instances of a terminal condition.

      In order that the rights of patients may be respected even after they areno longer able to participate actively in decisions about themselves, thelegislature hereby declares that the laws of this state shall recognizethe right of an adult person to make a written declaration instructing hisor her physician to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures in theevent of a terminal condition.

      History:   L. 1979, ch. 199, § 1; July 1.