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AS 13.52.040: Decisions by guardian.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.
- Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act.
(a) Subject to AS 13.52.183, 13.52.193, and 13.52.203, a guardian shall comply with the ward's individual instructions and may not revoke a ward's advance health care directive executed before the ward's incapacity unless a court expressly authorizes the revocation.
(b) Unless there is a court order to the contrary, a health care decision of an agent takes precedence over that of a guardian.
(c) Except as provided in (a) of this section, a health care decision made by a guardian for the ward is effective without judicial approval.
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