Section 154.02 - Definitions In this subchapter:
(1) "Declaration" means a written, witnessed document voluntarily executed by the declarant under s. 154.03(1), but is not limited in form or substance to that provided in s. 154.03(2).(2) "Feeding tube" means a medical tube through which nutrition or hydration is administered into the vein, stomach, nose, mouth or other body opening of a qualified patient.(3) "Qualified patient" means a declarant who has been diagnosed and certified in writing to be afflicted with a terminal condition or to be in a persistent vegetative state by 2 health care professionals, one of whom is the attending health care professional and one of whom is a physician, who have personally examined the declarant.Amended by Acts 2019 ch, 90,s 9, eff. 2/7/2020.