Section 13-712 - Substituted judgment; evidence. - Maryland Statutes

§ 13-712. Substituted judgment; evidence.
 

(a)  In general.- The court may approve a request for the withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining procedure from a disabled person on the basis of a substituted judgment. 

(b)  Clear and convincing evidence required.- The court may make a substituted judgment under subsection (a) of this section only on the basis of clear and convincing evidence that the disabled person would, if competent, decide to withhold or withdraw a life-sustaining procedure under the circumstances. 

(c)  Admissibility of evidence.- Evidence of the intentions or wishes of the disabled person regarding the withholding or withdrawal of a life-sustaining procedure that might otherwise be inadmissible may be admitted, in the discretion of the court, if it is: 

(1) Material and probative; and 

(2) The best evidence available. 
 

[1993, ch. 372, § 2; 2010, chs. 256, 257, 256, 257.]