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2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 216 HEALTH FACILITIES AND SERVICES
216.304 Actions of licensed health care professional that are not violative of KRS 216.302.


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216.304 Actions of licensed health care professional that are not violative of KRS 216.302. (1) (2) A licensed health care professional who administers, prescribes, or dispenses medications or procedures to relieve another person's pain or discomfort, even if the medication or procedure may hasten or increase the risk of death, shall not be deemed to have violated KRS 216.302 unless the medications or procedures are knowingly and intentionally administered, prescribed, or dispensed to cause death. A licensed health care professional who withholds or withdraws a life-sustaining procedure in compliance with KRS 311.622 to 311.644 or KRS 311.970 to 311.976 shall not be deemed to have violated KRS 216.302. Effective: July 15, 1994 History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 269, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994.

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