S.B. 664                                                         VETOES

(1) ANY PERSON ENTITLED TO APPOINTMENT AS GUARDIAN OF A
PATIENT UNDER § 13-707 OF THE ESTATES AND TRUSTS ARTICLE;

(2) AN INDIVIDUAL AUTHORIZED UNDER § 5-605(A) OF THIS SUBTITLE
TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE HEALTH CARE OF THE PATIENT; OR

(3) A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR THE PATIENT.

(L) (N) (M) (1) "LIFE PROLONGING LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURE"
MEANS ANY MEDICAL PROCEDURE, TREATMENT, OR INTERVENTION THAT:

(I)       UTILIZES MECHANICAL OR OTHER ARTIFICIAL MEANS TO
SUSTAIN, RESTORE, OR SUPPLANT A SPONTANEOUS VITAL FUNCTION; AND

(II)     IS OF SUCH A NATURE AS TO AFFORD A PATIENT NO
REASONABLE EXPECTATION OF RECOVERY FROM A TERMINAL CONDITION,
PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE, OR INEVITABLY FATAL END-STAGE CONDITION.

(2) "LIFE PROLONGING LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURE" INCLUDES
ARTIFICIALLY ADMINISTERED HYDRATION AND NUTRITION, AND
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION.

(O) (N) "MEDICALLY INEFFECTIVE TREATMENT" MEANS THAT, TO A
REASONABLE DEGREE OF MEDICAL PROBABILITY CERTAINTY, A MEDICAL
PROCEDURE WILL NOT:

(1)      PREVENT OR REDUCE THE DETERIORATION OF THE HEALTH OF AN
INDIVIDUAL; OR

(2)      PREVENT THE IMPENDING DEATH OF AN INDIVIDUAL.

(M) (P) (O) "PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE" MEANS A CONDITION
CAUSED BY INJURY, DISEASE, OR ILLNESS:

(1)       IN WHICH A PATIENT HAS SUFFERED A LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS,
EXHIBITING NO BEHAVIORAL EVIDENCE OF SELF-AWARENESS OR AWARENESS OF
SURROUNDINGS IN A LEARNED MANNER OTHER THAN REFLEX ACTIVITY OF
MUSCLES AND NERVES FOR LOW LEVEL CONDITIONED RESPONSE; AND

(2)      FROM WHICH, AFTER THE PASSAGE OF A MEDICALLY SUFFICIENT
APPROPRIATE PERIOD OF TIME IT CAN BE DETERMINED TO A REASONABLE
DEGREE OF MEDICAL PROBABILITY CERTAINTY, THAT THERE CAN BE NO
RECOVERY.

(N) (Q) (P) "PHYSICIAN" MEANS A PERSON LICENSED TO PRACTICE
MEDICINE IN THE STATE OR IN THE JURISDICTION WHERE THE TREATMENT IS TO
BE RENDERED OR WITHHELD.

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