The act of withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatment, when done pursuant to a directive described in RCW 70.122.030 and which results in the death of the declarer, shall not be construed to be an intervening force or to affect the chain of proximate cause between the conduct of anyone that placed the declarer in a terminal condition or a permanent unconscious condition and the death of the declarer.
RCW 70.122.080
Effects of carrying out directive on cause of death.
Known as the Natural Death Act
The act spans §§ 70.122.010 to 70.122.925 (17 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case State v. David (2006)
Most recently applied in State v. David (August 2006)
1992 c 98 s 8; 1979 c 112 s 10.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.