Code of Virginia - Title 54.1 Professions And Occupations - Section 54.1-2987 Transfer of patient by physician who refuses to comply with advance directive or treatment decisio...

§ 54.1-2987. Transfer of patient by physician who refuses to comply with advance directive or treatment decisio...

An attending physician who refuses to comply with (i) the advance directive of a qualified patient or (ii) the treatment decision of a person designated to make the decision by the declarant in his advance directive pursuant to § 54.1-2984 or (iii) the treatment 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 treatment requested to be medically or ethically inappropriate.

(1983, c. 532, § 54-325.8:7; 1988, c. 765; 1992, cc. 748, 772; 2000, cc. 590, 598.)

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