S.C. Code § 44-77-140

Current through 2024 Act No. 225.

Section 44-77-140 - No presumption as to intent to arise from absence of declaration; other legal rights not impaired

The absence of a declaration by an adult patient does not give rise to a presumption as to his intent to consent to or refuse life-sustaining procedures. This chapter applies only to persons who have executed a declaration in accordance with this chapter. Nothing in this chapter impairs any other legal right or legal responsibility which a person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal or the provision of life-sustaining procedures in any lawful manner.

1997 Act No. 23, Section 1; 1991 Act No. 149, Section 11; 1988 Act No. 586; 1986 Act No. 341, Section 12.