{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-311.1949","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 311.1949","heading":"Effect of anatomical gift or advance health-care directive.","body":"(1) As used in this section:\n(a) \"Advance health-care directive\" means a power of attorney for health care or a\nrecord signed or authorized by a prospective donor containing the prospective\ndonor's direction concerning a health-care decision for the prospective donor;\n(b) \"Declaration\" means a record signed by a prospective donor specifying the\ncircumstances under which a life support system may be withheld or\nwithdrawn from the prospective donor; and\n(c) \"Health-care decision\" means any decision regarding the health care of the\nprospective donor.\n(2) If a prospective donor has a declaration or advance health -care directive and the\nterms of the declaration or directive and the express or implied terms of a potential\nanatomical gift are in conflict with regard to  the administration of measures\nnecessary to ensure the medical suitability of a part for transplantation or therapy,\nthe prospective donor's attending physician and prospective donor shall confer to\nresolve the conflict. If the prospective donor is incapa ble of resolving the conflict,\nan agent acting under the prospective donor's declaration or directive, or, if none or\nthe agent is not reasonably available, another person authorized by law other than\nKRS 311.1911 to 311.1959 to make health -care decisions on behalf of the\nprospective donor, shall act for the donor to resolve the conflict. Information\nrelevant to the resolution of the conflict may be obtained from the appropriate\nprocurement organization and any other person authorized to make an anatomical\ngift for the prospective donor under KRS 311.1925. Before the resolution of the\nconflict, measures necessary to ensure the medical suitability of the part from a\nprospective donor may be administered unless it is determined that the\nadministration of those  measures would not provide the prospective donor\nappropriate end-of-life care, or it can be anticipated by reasonable medical judgment\nthat such measures would result in or hasten the prospective donor's death. If the\nconflict is not resolved expeditiousl y, the direction of the declaration or advance\ndirective controls.","path":["KRS Chapter 311"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=30446","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:03Z","sha256":"0eb41369fb598f5cacd50b9f3eae5527e85d69cc43876e68b855e35fe7942dc5","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-311.1947","next":"us-ky/krs-311.195"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}