50-5-1303. Notification to interested persons -- selection of proxy decisionmaker. (1) Upon a determination that an adult patient lacks decisional capacity, an attending health care provider or the provider's designee shall make reasonable efforts to notify the patient of:
(a) the determination that the patient lacks decisional capacity; and
(b) the identity of a lay or medical proxy decisionmaker selected or appointed pursuant to this part.
(2) An attending health care provider or the provider's designee shall make reasonable efforts to locate and notify as many interested persons as practicable to inform them of the patient's lack of decisional capacity and ask that a lay proxy decisionmaker be selected for the patient.
(3) The attending health care provider may rely on interested persons contacted by the provider or the provider's designee to notify other family members or interested persons.
(4) Interested persons who are informed of the patient's lack of decisional capacity shall make reasonable efforts to reach a consensus as to who among them will make medical treatment decisions on behalf of the patient. In selecting a lay proxy decisionmaker, the interested persons should consider which proposed decisionmaker:
(a) has a close relationship with the patient; and
(b) is most likely to have current knowledge of the patient's wishes regarding medical treatment.
(5) Nothing in this section precludes an interested person from initiating a guardianship proceeding for any reason at any time.
History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 285, L. 2017.
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