2019 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 03 - Landlord-Tenant, Domestic Relations, Probate
Chapter 127 - Powers of Attorney; Advance Directives for Health Care; Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment Registry; Declarations for Mental Health Treatment; Death with Dignity
Section 127.658 - Effect of ORS 127.505 to 127.660 on previously executed advance directives.
(1) ORS 127.505 to 127.660 as enacted, the repeal of any statute that was a part of ORS 127.505 to 127.660 and subsequent amendments to the provisions of ORS 127.505 to 127.660 do not impair or supersede any advance directive, form appointing a health care representative or directive to physicians executed in accordance with:
(a) The provisions of ORS 127.505 to 127.660; or
(b) The provisions of ORS 127.505 to 127.660 or any other statute governing an advance directive, a form appointing a health care representative or a directive to physicians that was in effect on the date that the advance directive, the form appointing a health care representative or the directive to physicians was executed.
(2) An advance directive, a form appointing a health care representative or a directive to physicians executed before, on or after January 1, 2019, shall be governed by the provisions of ORS 127.505 to 127.660 or any other statute that is in effect on the date on which:
(a) The issue giving rise to adjudication occurs; or
(b) The advance directive, the form appointing a health care representative or the directive to physicians was executed. [1993 c.767 §23; 2018 c.36 §31]
