2010 US Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 138 - ASSISTED SUICIDE FUNDING RESTRICTION
Sec. 14406 - Clarification with respect to advance directives
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 4, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 138 - ASSISTED SUICIDE FUNDING RESTRICTION Sec. 14406 - Clarification with respect to advance directives |
| Contains | section 14406 |
| Date | 2010 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 7, 2011 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 105-12, §7, Apr. 30, 1997, 111 Stat. 26. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 111 Stat. 26 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 105-12 |
§14406. Clarification with respect to advance directives
Subject to section 14402(b) of this title (relating to construction and treatment of certain services), sections 1395cc(f) and 1396a(w) of this title shall not be construed—
(1) to require any provider or organization, or any employee of such a provider or organization, to inform or counsel any individual regarding any right to obtain an item or service furnished for the purpose of causing, or the purpose of assisting in causing, the death of the individual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing; or
(2) to apply to or to affect any requirement with respect to a portion of an advance directive that directs the purposeful causing of, or the purposeful assisting in causing, the death of any individual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing.
(Pub. L. 105–12, §7, Apr. 30, 1997, 111 Stat. 26.)
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