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29anatomical gifts, and final disposition of a declarant´s body when a
declarant is unable or chooses not to make health care decisions for
himself or herself. The term 'health care agent' shall include any back-up
or successor agent appointed by the declarant.
(7) 'Health care facility' means a hospital, skilled nursing facility, hospice,
institution, home, residential or nursing facility, treatment facility, and any
other facility or service which has a valid permit or provisional permit
issued under Chapter 7 of this title or which is licensed, accredited, or
approved under the laws of any state, and includes hospitals operated by
the United States government or by any state or subdivision thereof.
(8) 'Health care provider' means the attending physician and any other
person administering health care to the declarant at the time of reference
who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by law to
administer health care in the ordinary course of business or the practice of
a profession, including any person employed by or acting for any such
authorized person.
(9) 'Life-sustaining procedures' means medications, machines, or other
medical procedures or interventions which, when applied to a declarant in a
terminal condition or in a state of permanent unconsciousness, could in
reasonable medical judgment keep the declarant alive but cannot cure the
declarant and where, in the judgment of the attending physician and a
second
physician,
death
will
occur
without
such
procedures
or
interventions. The term 'life-sustaining procedures' shall not include the
provision of nourishment or hydration but a declarant may direct the
withholding or withdrawal of the provision of nourishment or hydration in
an advance directive for health care. The term 'life-sustaining procedures'
shall not include the administration of medication to alleviate pain or the
performance of any medical procedure deemed necessary to alleviate pain.
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