RSA 137-J:2 Definitions.
Title: X - PUBLIC HEALTH
Chapter: 137-J - WRITTEN DIRECTIVES FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING FOR ADULTS WITHOUT CAPACITY TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
In this chapter:
I. "Actively dying" means an incurable condition caused by injury, disease, or illness which is such that death is imminent and the application of life-sustaining treatment would, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty only postpone the moment of death to another imminent moment, as certified in the principal's medical record by 2 physicians, or a physician and another attending practitioner who is not under the supervision of the certifying physician.
II. "Advance directive" means a document allowing a person to give directions and guidance about future medical care and to designate another person to make medical decisions if the principal should lose the capacity to make health care decisions. The term "advance directive" shall include a durable p