Oregon Statutes - Chapter 127 - Powers of Attorney; Advance Directives for Health Care; Declarations for Mental Health Treatment; Death with Dignity - Section 127.642 - Principal to be provided with certain care to insure comfort and cleanliness.

Individuals caring for a principal from whom life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration are withheld or withdrawn shall provide care to insure comfort and cleanliness, including but not limited to the following:

(1) Oral and body hygiene.

(2) Reasonable efforts to offer food and fluids orally.

(3) Medication, positioning, warmth, appropriate lighting and other measures to relieve pain and suffering.

(4) Privacy and respect for the dignity and humanity of the principal. [1993 c.767 §11]

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