2015 Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 144 - 159 — HEALTH
Chapter 145C — HEALTH CARE DIRECTIVES
Section 145C.06 — WHEN EFFECTIVE.
A health care directive is effective for a health care decision when:
(1) it meets the requirements of section 145C.03, subdivision 1; and
(2) the principal, in the determination of the attending physician of the principal, lacks decision-making capacity to make the health care decision; or if other conditions for effectiveness otherwise specified by the principal have been met.
A health care directive is not effective for a health care decision when the principal, in the determination of the attending physician of the principal, recovers decision-making capacity; or if other conditions for effectiveness otherwise specified by the principal have been met.
History:1993 c 312 s 7; 1998 c 399 s 17
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