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AK Stat § 13.52.020 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.020. Revocation of advance health care directive.

(a) Except in the case of mental illness under (c) of this section, a principal may revoke the designation of an agent only by a signed writing or by personally informing the supervising health care provider. (b) Except in the case of mental illness under (c) of this section and except as provided by AS 13.52.183, a principal may revoke all or part of an advance health care directive, other than the designation of an agent, at any time and in any manner that communicates an intent to revoke. (c) In the case of mental illness, an advance health care directive may be revoked in whole or in part at any time by the principal if the principal does not lack capacity and is competent. A revocation is effective when a competent principal with capacity communicates the revocation to a physician or other health care provider. The physician or other health care provider shall note the revocation on the principal's medical record. In the case of mental illness, the authority of a named agent and an alternative agent named in the advance health care directive continues in effect as long as the advance health care directive appointing the agent is in effect or until the agent has withdrawn. For the purposes of this subsection, a principal is not considered competent when (1) it is the opinion of the court in a guardianship proceeding under AS 13.26, the opinion of two physicians, at least one of whom is a psychiatrist, or the opinion of a physician and a professional mental health clinician, that the principal is not competent; or (2) a court in a hearing under AS 47.30.735, 47.30.750, or 47.30.770 determines that the principal is gravely disabled; in this paragraph, “gravely disabled” has the meaning given in AS 47.30.915(9)(B). (d) A health care provider, agent, guardian, or surrogate who is informed of a revocation shall promptly communicate the fact of the revocation to the supervising health care provider and to any health care institution at which the patient is receiving care. (e) A decree of annulment, divorce, dissolution of marriage, or legal separation revokes a previous designation of a spouse as agent unless otherwise specified in the decree or in a durable power of attorney for health care. (f) An advance health care directive that conflicts with an earlier advance health care directive revokes the earlier directive to the extent of the conflict.
AK Stat § 13.52.025 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.025. Rescission of withdrawal by agent.

A person who has withdrawn as an agent may rescind the withdrawal by executing an acceptance after the date of the withdrawal. A person who rescinds a withdrawal shall give notice to the principal if the principal has capacity or to the principal's health care provider if the principal does not have capacity.
AK Stat § 13.52.040 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.040. Decisions by guardian.

(a) Subject to AS 13.52.183, 13.52.193, and 13.52.203, a guardian shall comply with the ward's individual instructions and may not revoke a ward's advance health care directive executed before the ward's incapacity unless a court expressly authorizes the revocation. (b) Unless there is a court order to the contrary, a health care decision of an agent takes precedence over that of a guardian. (c) Except as provided in (a) of this section, a health care decision made by a guardian for the ward is effective without judicial approval.
AK Stat § 13.52.045 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.045. Withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an agent or a surrogate may determine that life-sustaining procedures may be withheld or withdrawn from a patient with a qualifying condition when there is (1) a durable power of attorney for health care or other writing that clearly expresses the patient's intent that the procedures be withheld or withdrawn; or (2) no durable power of attorney for health care or other writing that clearly expresses the patient's intent to the contrary, the patient has a qualifying condition as determined under AS 13.52.160, and withholding or withdrawing the procedures would be consistent with the patient's best interest.
AK Stat § 13.52.050 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.050. Decisions for exceptional procedures.

Unless there is a durable power of attorney for health care or another writing clearly expressing an individual's intent to the contrary, an agent or surrogate may not consent on behalf of a patient to an abortion, sterilization, psychosurgery, or removal of bodily organs except when the abortion, sterilization, psychosurgery, or removal of bodily organs is necessary to preserve the life of the patient or to prevent serious impairment of the health of the patient.
AK Stat § 13.52.055 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.055. Pregnancy.

(a) Before implementing a health care decision for a woman of childbearing age that would affect a fetus if present, the supervising health care provider shall take reasonable steps to determine whether the woman is pregnant. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, an advance health care directive by a patient or a decision by the person then authorized to make health care decisions for a patient may not be given effect if (1) the patient is a woman who is pregnant and lacks capacity; (2) the directive or decision is to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures; (3) the withholding or withdrawal of the life-sustaining procedures would, in reasonable medical judgment, be likely to result in the death of the patient; and (4) it is probable that the fetus could develop to the point of live birth if the life-sustaining procedures were provided. (c) This section does not apply to emergency services in the field.
AK Stat § 13.52.065 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.065. Do not resuscitate protocol and identification requirements.

(a) A physician may issue a do not resuscitate order for a patient of the physician. The physician shall document the grounds for the order in the patient's medical file. (b) The department shall by regulation adopt a protocol, subject to the approval of the State Medical Board, for do not resuscitate orders that sets out a standardized method of procedure for the withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by health care providers and health care institutions. (c) The department shall develop standardized designs and symbols for do not resuscitate identification cards, forms, necklaces, and bracelets that signify, when carried or worn, that the carrier or wearer is an individual for whom a physician has issued a do not resuscitate order. (d) A health care provider other than a physician shall comply with the protocol adopted under (b) of this section for do not resuscitate orders when the health care provider is presented with a do not resuscitate identification, an oral do not resuscitate order issued directly by a physician if the applicable hospital allows oral do not resuscitate orders, or a written do not resuscitate order entered on and as required by a form prescribed by the department. (e) Notwithstanding (d) of this section, if an individual has made an anatomical gift to occur at death and is in a hospital when a do not resuscitate order or an order to withdraw life-sustaining procedures is to be implemented for the individual, the order may not be implemented until the subject of the anatomical gift can be evaluated to determine if it is suitable for donation. (f) A do not resuscitate order may not be made ineffective unless a physician revokes the do not resuscitate order, a patient for whom the order is written and who has capacity requests that the do not resuscitate order be revoked, or the patient for whom the order is written is under 18 years of age and the parent or guardian of the patient requests that the do not resuscitate order be revoked. Any physician of a patient for whom a do not resuscitate order is written may revoke the do not resuscitate order if the person for whom the order is written requests that the physician revoke the do not resuscitate order.
AK Stat § 13.52.070 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.070. Health care information.

(a) Unless otherwise specified in an advance health care directive, a person then authorized to make health care decisions for a patient has the same rights as the patient to request, receive, examine, copy, and consent to the disclosure of medical or other health care information. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, if there is a question about the principal's capacity, an agent or a surrogate of the principal may immediately access the personal health care information necessary to determine the principal's capacity, even if the agency or surrogacy does not become effective until the principal lacks capacity.
AK Stat § 13.52.080 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.080. Immunities.

(a) A health care provider or health care institution that acts in good faith and in accordance with generally accepted health care standards applicable to the health care provider or institution is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for (1) providing health care information in good faith under AS 13.52.070; (2) complying with a health care decision of a person based on a good faith belief that the person has authority to make a health care decision for a patient, including a decision to withhold or withdraw health care; (3) declining to comply with a health care decision of a person based on a good faith belief that the person then lacked authority; (4) complying with an advance health care directive and assuming in good faith that the directive was valid when made and has not been revoked or terminated; (5) participating in the withholding or withdrawal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation under the direction or with the authorization of a physician or upon discovery of do not resuscitate identification upon an individual; (6) causing or participating in providing cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other life-sustaining procedures (A) under AS 13.52.065(e) when an individual has made an anatomical gift; (B) because an individual has made a do not resuscitate order ineffective under AS 13.52.065(f) or another provision of this chapter; or (C) because the patient is a woman of childbearing age and AS 13.52.055 applies; or (7) acting in good faith under the terms of this chapter or the law of another state relating to anatomical gifts. (b) An individual acting as an agent, a guardian, or a surrogate under this chapter is not subject to civil or criminal liability or to discipline for unprofessional conduct for health care decisions made in good faith. (c) A health care provider, health care institution, or health care facility is not subject to civil or criminal liability, or to discipline for unprofessional conduct, if a do not resuscitate order prevents the health care provider, health care institution, or health care facility from attempting to resuscitate a patient who requires cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other resuscitative measures because of complications arising out of health care being administered to the patient by the health care provider, health care institution, or health care facility. This subsection does not apply if the complications suffered by the patient are caused by gross negligence or reckless or intentional actions on the part of the health care provider, health care institution, or health care facility.
AK Stat § 13.52.090 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.090. Statutory damages.

(a) A health care provider or institution that intentionally violates this chapter is liable to the aggrieved individual or the individual's estate for damages of $10,000 or actual damages resulting from the violation, whichever is greater, plus attorney fees as provided by court rule. (b) A person who intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates an individual's advance health care directive or a revocation of an advance health care directive without the individual's consent, or who coerces or fraudulently induces an individual to give, revoke, or not to give an advance health care directive, is liable to that individual for damages of $10,000 or actual damages resulting from the action, whichever is greater, plus attorney fees as provided by court rule.
AK Stat § 13.52.100 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.100. Capacity.

(a) This chapter does not affect the right of an individual to make health care decisions while having capacity to make health care decisions. (b) An individual is rebuttably presumed to have capacity to make a health care decision, to give or revoke an advance health care directive, and to designate or disqualify a surrogate. (c) An individual who is a qualified patient, including an individual for whom a physician has issued a do not resuscitate order, has the right to make a decision regarding the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other life-sustaining procedures as long as the individual is able to make the decision. If an individual who is a qualified patient, including an individual for whom a physician has issued a do not resuscitate order, is not able to make the decision, the protocol adopted under AS 13.52.065 for do not resuscitate orders governs a decision regarding the use of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other life-sustaining procedures.
AK Stat § 13.52.110 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.110. Status of copy.

A copy of a written advance health care directive, revocation of an advance health care directive, or designation or disqualification of an agent or a surrogate has the same effect as the original.
AK Stat § 13.52.120 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.120. Effect of this chapter.

(a) In the absence of evidence to the contrary of the patient's intent, this chapter establishes a presumption in favor of life, consistent with the best interest of the patient. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other life-sustaining procedures does not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide or homicide if the withholding or withdrawal is (1) consistent with this chapter; and (2) from an individual (A) for whom a do not resuscitate order has not been issued; (B) for whom a do not resuscitate order has been issued under (i) the protocol for do not resuscitate orders established under AS 13.52.065; or (ii) a do not resuscitate identification found on the individual. (c) The issuance of a do not resuscitate order under this chapter, the possession of do not resuscitate identification under this chapter, or the making of a health care directive under this chapter does not affect in any manner the sale, procurement, or issuance of a policy of life insurance, and does not modify the terms of an existing policy of life insurance. A policy of life insurance is not legally impaired or invalidated in any manner by the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from an insured individual or the withholding or withdrawal of cardiopulmonary resuscitation from an individual who possesses do not resuscitate identification or for whom a do not resuscitate order has been issued, notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary. (d) This chapter does not authorize mercy killing, assisted suicide, or euthanasia. (e) This chapter does not authorize or require a health care provider or institution to provide health care contrary to generally accepted health care standards applicable to the health care provider or institution. (f) This chapter does not authorize an agent or a surrogate to consent to the admission of an individual to a mental health facility unless the individual's written advance health care directive expressly so provides, and the period of admission may not exceed 17 days. (g) This chapter does not affect other statutes of this state governing treatment for mental illness of an individual involuntarily committed to a mental health facility.
AK Stat § 13.52.130 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.130. Prohibited requirements.

As a condition of receiving or being insured for health care services, a health care provider, a health care institution, a health care service plan, an insurer issuing health insurance, a self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or a nonprofit hospital plan may not require an individual to execute a health care directive, obtain a do not resuscitate order from a physician, or possess do not resuscitate identification.
AK Stat § 13.52.135 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.135. Discriminatory treatment prohibited.

When determining the best interest of a patient under this chapter, health care treatment may not be denied to a patient because the patient has a disability or is expected to have a disability.
AK Stat § 13.52.140 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.140. Judicial relief.

On petition of a patient, the patient's agent, guardian, or surrogate, or a health care provider or institution involved with the patient's care, the superior court may enjoin or direct a health care decision or order other equitable relief. A proceeding under this section is governed by AS 13.26.201 - 13.26.580.
AK Stat § 13.52.150 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.150. Do not resuscitate orders and identification of other jurisdictions.

A do not resuscitate order or a do not resuscitate identification executed, issued, or authorized in another state or a territory or possession of the United States is valid for the purposes of this chapter if it complies with the laws of this state. A health care provider or health care institution may presume, in the absence of actual notice to the contrary, that the do not resuscitate order or the do not resuscitate identification complies with the laws of this state, regardless of where or when it was executed, issued, or authorized, and that the patient is a qualified patient.
AK Stat § 13.52.160 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.160. Determination of qualifying condition.

Whether a patient has a qualifying condition under this chapter shall be determined by the primary physician of the patient and by at least one other physician, when another physician is available. A physician making the determination shall document the grounds for the determination in the patient's medical record. Permanent unconsciousness shall be determined in consultation with a neurologist.
AK Stat § 13.52.173 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.173. Who may make anatomical gift before donor's death.

Subject to AS 13.52.193, an anatomical gift of a donor's body or part may be made during the life of the donor for the purpose of transplantation, therapy, research, or education in the manner provided in AS 13.52.177 by (1) the donor, if the donor is an adult or if the donor is a minor and is (A) emancipated; or (B) authorized under state law to apply for a driver's license because the donor is at least 16 years of age; (2) an agent of the donor, unless a durable power of attorney for health care or another record prohibits the agent from making an anatomical gift; (3) a parent of the donor, if the donor is an unemancipated minor; (4) the donor's guardian; or (5) a surrogate.
AK Stat § 13.52.177 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions|Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act|Sec. 13.52.177. Manner of making anatomical gift before donor's death.

(a) A donor may make an anatomical gift (1) by authorizing a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift to be imprinted on the donor's driver's license or identification card; (2) in a will; (3) during a terminal condition of the donor, by any form of communication addressed to at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness; or (4) as provided in (b) of this section. (b) A donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under AS 13.52.173 may make a gift by a donor card or another record signed by the donor or another person making the gift or by authorizing that a statement or symbol indicating that the donor has made an anatomical gift be included on a donor registry. If the donor or another person is physically unable to sign a record, the record may be signed by another individual at the direction of the donor or the other person and must (1) be witnessed by at least two adults, at least one of whom is a disinterested witness, who have signed at the request of the donor or the other person; and (2) state that the record has been signed and witnessed as provided in (1) of this subsection. (c) Revocation, suspension, expiration, or cancellation of a driver's license or an identification card on which an anatomical gift is indicated does not invalidate the gift. (d) An anatomical gift made by will takes effect upon the donor's death whether or not the will is probated. Invalidation of the will after the donor's death does not invalidate the gift.