(1) If an individual has a long-term disability requiring routine treatment by artificial nutrition, hydration, or mechanical ventilation and a history of using the treatment without objection, an agent or default surrogate may not consent to withhold or withdraw the treatment unless: (a) the treatment is not necessary to sustain the individual's life or maintain the individual's well- being; (b) the individual has expressly authorized the withholding or withdrawal in a health care instruction that has not been revoked; or (c) the individual has experienced a major reduction in health or functional ability from which the individual is not expected to recover, even with other appropriate treatment, and the individual has not: (i) given a direction inconsistent with withholding or withdrawal; or (ii) communicated by verbal or nonverbal expression a desire for artificial nutrition, hydration, or mechanical ventilation. (2) A default surrogate may not make a health care decision if, under other law of this state, the decision: (a) may not be made by a guardian; or (b) may be made by a guardian only if the court appointing the guardian specifically authorizes the guardian to make the decision.
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