§ 9715 - Interpretation with other laws - Vermont Statutes

§ 9715. Interpretation with other laws

(a) The withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining treatment from a principal who has executed an advance directive limiting the provision of life sustaining treatment shall not be construed as a suicide.

(b) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or abrogate an individual's ability to create a document of anatomical gift pursuant to chapter 109 of this title.

(c) Nothing in this chapter shall be interpreted to affect the statutory or common law in existence at the time of enactment applicable to death intentionally hastened through the use of prescription medication. Professionally appropriate use of medication to relieve suffering which may have the unintended effect of hastening death is not death intentionally hastened through the use of prescription medication. (Added 2005, No. 55, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.)