District of Columbia § 7-626 Competency and intent of declarant.

District of Columbia Statutes

§ 7-626 — Competency and intent of declarant.

District of Columbia § 7-626

Title 7Human Health Care and Safety.

Ch. 6Death.

Subch. IINatural Death.

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D.C. Code § 7-626 (2026).

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(a)The desires of a qualified patient shall at all times supersede the effect of the declaration.

(b)If the qualified patient is incompetent at the time of the decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures, a declaration executed in accordance with § 7-622 is presumed to be valid. For the purpose of this subchapter, a physician or health facility may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an individual who executed a declaration was of sound mind when it was executed. The fact of an individual’s having executed a declaration shall not be considered as an indication of a declarant’s mental incompetency.

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(a) The desires of a qualified patient shall at all times supersede the effect of the declaration.

(b) If the qualified patient is incompetent at the time of the decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining procedures, a declaration executed in accordance with § 7-622 is presumed to be valid. For the purpose of this subchapter, a physician or health facility may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that an individual who executed a declaration was of sound mind when it was executed. The fact of an individual’s having executed a declaration shall not be considered as an indication of a declarant’s mental incompetency.