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RCW 43.70.480

Emergency medical personnel—Futile treatment and natural death directives—Guidelines.

Known as the Head Injury Prevention Act

The act spans §§ 43–43 (151 sections).

2000 c 70 s 1; 1992 c 98 s 14.

The department of health shall adopt guidelines and protocols for how emergency medical personnel shall respond when summoned to the site of an injury or illness for the treatment of a person who has signed a written directive or durable power of attorney requesting that he or she not receive futile emergency medical treatment.

The guidelines shall include development of a simple form that shall be used statewide.

Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.