Washington Code 71.32.070 – Prohibited elements
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A directive may not:
Terms Used In Washington Code 71.32.070
- Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
- Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
- person: may be construed to include the United States, this state, or any state or territory, or any public or private corporation or limited liability company, as well as an individual. See Washington Code 1.16.080
(1) Create an entitlement to behavioral health or medical treatment or supersede a determination of medical necessity;
(2) Obligate any health care provider, professional person, or health care facility to pay the costs associated with the treatment requested;
(3) Obligate any health care provider, professional person, or health care facility to be responsible for the nontreatment personal care of the principal or the principal’s personal affairs outside the scope of services the facility normally provides;
(4) Replace or supersede the provisions of any will or testamentary document or supersede the provisions of intestate succession;
(5) Be revoked by an incapacitated principal unless that principal selected the option to permit revocation while incapacitated at the time his or her directive was executed; or
(6) Be used as the authority for inpatient admission for more than 14 days in any 21 day period.