{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-13.52.050","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 13.52.050","heading":"Decisions for exceptional procedures.","body":"Unless there is a durable power of attorney for health care or another writing clearly expressing an individual's intent to the contrary, an agent or surrogate may not consent on behalf of a patient to an abortion, sterilization, psychosurgery, or removal of bodily organs except when the abortion, sterilization, psychosurgery, or removal of bodily organs is necessary to preserve the life of the patient or to prevent serious impairment of the health of the patient.","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#13.52.050","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:54Z","sha256":"7e17e01e0e738a4a2289737a8ac82fb5f2e5d1cd33cd29694f5330a447193792","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-13.52.045","next":"us-ak/as-13.52.055"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}