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2019 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 54 - Health Care
Section 5426 - Death not suicide or homicide
Universal Citation: 20 PA Cons Stat § 5426 (2019)
§ 5426. Death not suicide or homicide.
The withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment from a principal or patient resulting in death, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, shall not, for any purpose, constitute suicide or homicide.
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