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![handle is hein.ssl/sswv0006 and id is 1 raw text is: §16-30-8. Selection of a surrogate.
1 (a) When a person is or becomes incapacitated, the attend-
2 ing physician or the advanced nurse practitioner with the
3 assistance of other health care providers as necessary, shall
4 select, in writing, a surrogate. The attending physician or
5 advanced nurse practitioner shall reasonably attempt to deter-
6 mine whether the incapacitated person has appointed a repre-
7 sentative under a medical power of attorney, in accordance with
8 the provisions of section four of this article, or if the incapaci-
9 tated person has a court-appointed guardian in accordance with
10 the provisions of article one, chapter forty-four-a of this code.
11 If no representative or court-appointed guardian is authorized
12 or capable and willing to serve, the attending physician or
13 advanced nurse practitioner is authorized to select a health care
14 surrogate. In selecting a surrogate, the attending physician or
15 advanced nurse practitioner must make a reasonable inquiry as
16 to the existence and availability of a surrogate from the follow-
17 ing persons:
18 (1) The person's spouse;
19 (2) The person's adult children;
20 (3) The person's parents;
21 (4) The person's adult siblings;
22 (5) The person's adult grandchildren;
23 (6) The person's close friends;
24 (7) Any other person or entity, including, but not limited to,
25 public agencies, public guardians, public officials, public and
26 private corporations and other persons or entities which the
27 department of health and human resources may from time to
28 time designate in rules promulgated pursuant to chapter twenty-
29 nine-a of this code.
Ch. 158]
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