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Mo. Rev. Stat. § 404.822

Health care decisions, attorney in fact to consider medical diagnosis

Known as the Missouri Transfers to Minors Law

The act spans §§ 404–404 (89 sections).

Effective: 28 Aug 1991; (L. 1991 S.B. 148)

In making any health care decision in accordance with sections 404.800 to 404.865, the attorney in fact shall seek and consider information concerning the patient's medical diagnosis, the patient's prognosis and the benefits and burdens of the treatment to the patient. In withdrawing treatment, which withdrawal will allow the preexisting condition to run its natural course, the attorney in fact shall seek evidence of the medical diagnosis and the prognosis and the benefit and burden of the treatment to the patient to the extent possible within prevailing medical standards.

Official source: Missouri Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Missouri statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.