{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-311.623","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 311.623","heading":"Living will directive or medical order for scope of treatment -- Eligible","body":"persons -- Scope -- Effect -- Recognition of person's desire not to be\nresuscitated.\n(1) An adult with decisional capacity may make a written living will directive that does\nany or all of the following:\n(a) Directs the withholding or withdrawal of life-prolonging treatment; or\n(b) Directs the withholding or withdrawal of artificially provided nutrition or\nhydration; or\n(c) Designates one (1) or more adults as a surrogate or suc cessor surrogate to\nmake health care decisions on behalf of the grantor. During any period in\nwhich two (2) or more surrogates are serving, all decisions shall be by\nunanimous consent of all the acting surrogates unless the advance directive\nprovides otherwise; or\n(d) Directs the giving of all or any part of the adult's body upon death for any\npurpose specified in KRS 311.1929.\n(2) Except as provided in KRS 311.633, a living will directive made pursuant to this\nsection or a medical order for scope of treatm ent made pursuant to KRS 311.6225\nshall be honored by a grantor's family, regular family physician or attending\nphysician, and any health care facility of or in which the grantor is a patient.\n(3) For purposes of KRS 311.621 to 311.643, notification to any  emergency medical\nresponder as defined by KRS Chapter 211 or any paramedic as defined by KRS\nChapter 311, of a person's authentic wish not to be resuscitated shall be recognized\nonly if on a standard form or identification approved by the Kentucky Board o f\nMedical Licensure, in consultation with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services,\nor a standard medical order for scope of treatment form approved by the Kentucky\nBoard of Medical Licensure pursuant to KRS 311.6225.","path":["KRS Chapter 311"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=44036","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:05Z","sha256":"47e25dc0073e2159ae93fd2c12490a3b2655ca489aac92f4078c40e5d31f4ad3","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-311.6225","next":"us-ky/krs-311.6231"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}