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Title 16 - Health and Safety
Chapter 25. Uniform Health-Care Decisions Act
§ 2522. Decision by guardian.
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§ 2522. Decision by guardian.
(a) A guardian may refuse to comply with a provision of or revoke the individual's advance health-care directive only if the court appointing the guardian issues an order expressly permitting the acts taken by the guardian.
(b) Unless a court orders otherwise, a health-care decision made by an agent appointed by an individual subject to guardianship prevails over a decision of the guardian appointed for the individual.
70 Del. Laws, c. 392, § 3; 79 Del. Laws, c. 371, § 13; 84 Del. Laws, c. 467, § 1;
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