{"data":{"id":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-41-227","jurisdiction":"us-ms","citation":"Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-227","heading":"Miss. Code Ann. § 41-41-227","body":"(1) Sections 41-41-201 through 41-41-229 do not create a presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not made or who has revoked an advance health-care directive.\n\n(2) Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of health care in accordance with Sections 41-41-201 through 41-41-229 does not for any purpose constitute a suicide or homicide or legally impair or invalidate a policy of insurance or an annuity providing a death benefit, notwithstanding any term of the policy or annuity to the contrary.\n\n(3) Sections 41-41-201 through 41-41-229 do not authorize mercy killing, assisted suicide, euthanasia, or the provision, withholding, or withdrawal of health care, to the extent prohibited by other statutes of this state.\n\n(4) Sections 41-41-201 through 41-41-229 do not authorize or require a health-care provider or institution to provide health care contrary to generally accepted health-care standards applicable to the health-care provider or institution.\n\n(5) Sections 41-41-201 through 41-41-229 do not authorize an agent or surrogate to consent to the admission of an individual to a mental health-care institution unless the individual's written advance health-care directive expressly so provides.\n\n(6) Sections 41-41-201 through 41-41-229 do not affect other statutes of this state governing treatment for mental illness of an individual involuntarily committed to a mental health-care institution.\n\n(7) Sections 41-41-201 through 41-41-229 do not apply to Sections 41-41-31 through 41-41-39 , which govern the performance of abortions, or Sections 41-41-51 through 41-41-63 , which govern the performance of abortions upon minors.","path":["MS Code","Title 41"],"source_url":"https://legislature.ms.gov/","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:17Z","sha256":"8b980995424e262924502f2b1b8494e855a6f7beab685d423802d1b6acb96e3b","source_id":"us-ms","stale":false,"prev":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-41-225","next":"us-ms/miss.-code-ann.-41-41-229"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}