{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.52.045","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.52.045","heading":"Withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining procedures.","body":"Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, an agent or a surrogate may determine that life-sustaining procedures may be withheld or withdrawn from a patient with a qualifying condition when there is\n(1) a durable power of attorney for health care or other writing that clearly expresses the patient's intent that the procedures be withheld or withdrawn; or\n(2) no durable power of attorney for health care or other writing that clearly expresses the patient's intent to the contrary, the patient has a qualifying condition as determined under AS 13.52.160, and withholding or withdrawing the procedures would be consistent with the patient's best interest.","path":["Title 13. Decedents' Estates, Guardianships, Transfers, Trusts, and Health Care Decisions.","Chapter 52. Health Care Decisions Act."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#13.52.045","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"24402744c2d7cd0ef3f19f98117090b07da8817796f0b0102133ad08f07b3123","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.52.040","next":"us-ak/as-13.52.050"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}