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Recording determination of terminal condition and contents of declaration - R.I. Gen. Laws Ann. § 23-4.11-5
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An attending physician that has notice of a patient’s declaration regarding the use of life sustaining procedures and determines that the patient is in a terminal condition, must document the substance of the declaration and their determination of the patient’s condition in the patient’s medical record.
Current as of June 2015
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