Death resulting from the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment in accordance with this chapter does not constitute, for any purpose, a suicide on the part of the declarant or a homicide on the part of the attending physician or other health care providers.

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Source: SL 1991, ch 273, § 13; SL 2007, ch 193, § 9.