Sec. 26. The act of withholding or withdrawing CPR, when done under: (1) an out of hospital DNR declaration and order issued under this chapter; (2) a court order or decision of a court appointed guardian; or (3) a good faith medical decision by the attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant that the patient has a terminal illness; is not an intervening force and does not affect the chain of proximate cause between the conduct of a person that placed the patient in a terminal condition and the patient's death.
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