Virginia Statutes
§ 54.1-2987 — Transfer of patient by physician who refuses to comply with advance directive or health care decision
Virginia § 54.1-2987
JurisdictionVirginia
Title 54.1PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Subtitle IIIPROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS REGULATED BY BOARDS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS
Ch. 29MEDICINE AND OTHER HEALING ARTS
Art. 8HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT
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Bluebook
Va. Code Ann. § 54.1-2987 (2026).
Text
An attending physician who refuses to comply with (i) a patient's advance directive or (ii) the health care decision of a patient's agent or (iii) the health care decision of an authorized person pursuant to § 54.1-2986 shall make a reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another physician and shall comply with § 54.1-2990.
This section shall apply even if the attending physician determines the health care requested to be medically or ethically inappropriate.
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Legislative History
1983, c. 532, § 54-325.8:7; 1988, c. 765; 1992, cc. 748, 772; 2000, cc. 590, 598; 2009, cc. 211, 268.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 54.1-100.1
Department of Commerce continued as Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation§ 54.1-1000
Repealed§ 54.1-108
Disclosure of official records§ 54.1-109
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Virginia § 54.1-2987, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/va/54.1/54.1-2987.