A. A person may not discriminate against a health care entity on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, assist in providing or facilitate in providing any health care item or service for the purpose of causing or assisting in causing the death of any individual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia or mercy killing.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 36-1322

  • Action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Discriminate: means taking or threatening any adverse action, including any of the following:

    (a) Termination of employment. See Arizona Laws 36-1321

  • Health care entity: means any of the following or an employee of any of the following:

    (a) A health care institution as defined in section 36-401. See Arizona Laws 36-1321

  • Person: includes this state and any agency or political subdivision of this state. See Arizona Laws 36-1321

B. A health care entity is not liable in any civil, criminal or administrative action for declining to provide any health care item or service for the purpose of causing or assisting in causing the death of any individual as specified in subsection A of this section.

C. This section does not apply to the withholding of cardiopulmonary resuscitation for a patient with a valid prehospital medical directive as provided in section 36-3251 or a similar medical order to withhold cardiopulmonary resuscitation issued by a licensed health care provider.

 

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