(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 re
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(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.