Del. Code tit. 16 § 2513A

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 2513A - Conflicting directives
(a) The patient's scope of treatment shall be governed by the latest directive available.
(b) If the treatment directives of a later advance health-care directiveconflict with the patient's directives on a DMOST form, a health-care practitioner shall be informed so that the DMOST form can be modified or voidedin order to reflect that patient's later directive.
(c) If there is a conflict between the patient's expressed oral or written directives, the DMOST form, or the decisions of the patient's authorized representative, thepatient's last expressed oral or written directives shall be followed and, if necessary, a new DMOST form shall be prepared and executed.

16 Del. C. § 2513A

Added by Laws 2015 , ch. 18, s 1, eff. upon the adoption of regulations by the Department of Health and Social Services which will occur no later than one year from enactment..