Title 127 · ORS Chapter 127
to 127.660 and 127.995 do not impair or supersede the laws of this
Citation: ORS 127.505
Section: 127.505
127.505 to 127.660 and 127.995 do not impair or supersede the laws of this state relating to:
����� (a) Any requirement of notice to others of proposed health care;
����� (b) The standard of care required of a health care provider in the administration of health care;
����� (c) Whether consent is required for health care;
����� (d) The elements of informed consent for health care under ORS 677.097 or other law;
����� (e) The provision of health care in an emergency;
����� (f) Any right a capable person may have to consent or withhold consent to health care administered in good faith pursuant to religious tenets of the individual requiring health care;
����� (g) Delegation of authority by a health care representative;
����� (h) Any legal right or responsibility any person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures including artificially administered nutrition and hydration in any lawful manner;
����� (i) Guardianship or conservatorship proceedings; or
����� (j) Any right persons may otherwise have to make their own health care decisions, or to make health care decisions for another.
����� (2) The provisions of ORS 127.505 to 127.660 and 127.995 do not in themselves impose civil or criminal liability on a health care representative or health care provider who withholds or withdraws or directs the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures or artificially administered nutrition and hydration when a principal is in a health condition other than those conditions described in ORS 127.540 (5)(b), 127.580 or 127.635 (1). The provisions of ORS 127.505 to