(1) A licensed health care professional who administers, prescribes, or dispenses medications or procedures to relieve another person’s pain or discomfort, even if the medication or procedure may hasten or increase the risk of death, shall not be deemed to have violated KRS § 216.302 unless the medications or procedures are knowingly and intentionally administered, prescribed, or dispensed to cause death.
(2) A licensed health care professional who withholds or withdraws a life-sustaining procedure in compliance with KRS § 311.622 to KRS § 311.644 or KRS § 311.970 to KRS § 311.976 shall not be deemed to have violated KRS § 216.302.
Effective: July 15, 1994
History: Created 1994 Ky. Acts ch. 269, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1994.