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2019 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 54 - Health Care
Section 5486 - Absence of order, bracelet or necklace
Universal Citation: 20 PA Cons Stat § 5486 (2019)
§ 5486. Absence of order, bracelet or necklace.
If an order has not been issued by an attending physician, a presumption does not arise as to the intent of the individual to consent to or to refuse the initiation, continuation or termination of life-sustaining treatment.
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