Md. Code, Health - General § 5-613
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§5–613.
Official statutory text
(a) A health care provider that intends not to comply with an instruction of a health care agent or a surrogate shall:
(1) Inform the person giving the instruction that:
(i) The health care provider declines to carry out the instruction;
(ii) The person may request a transfer to another health care provider; and
(iii) The health care provider will make every reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another health care provider;
(2) Assist in the transfer; and
(3) Pending the transfer, comply with an instruction of a competent individual, or of a health care agent or surrogate for an individual who is incapable of making an informed decision, if a failure to comply with the instruction would likely result in the death of the individual.
(b) Nothing in this section authorizes a health care provider to provide health care to:
(1) A competent individual over the objection of that individual; or
(2) An individual incapable of making an informed decision over the objection of another person authorized by law to consent to the provision of health care for the individual.
(1) Inform the person giving the instruction that:
(i) The health care provider declines to carry out the instruction;
(ii) The person may request a transfer to another health care provider; and
(iii) The health care provider will make every reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another health care provider;
(2) Assist in the transfer; and
(3) Pending the transfer, comply with an instruction of a competent individual, or of a health care agent or surrogate for an individual who is incapable of making an informed decision, if a failure to comply with the instruction would likely result in the death of the individual.
(b) Nothing in this section authorizes a health care provider to provide health care to:
(1) A competent individual over the objection of that individual; or
(2) An individual incapable of making an informed decision over the objection of another person authorized by law to consent to the provision of health care for the individual.
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