{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-77-140","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 44-77-140","heading":"No presumption as to intent to arise from absence of declaration; other legal rights not impaired.","body":"The absence of a declaration by an adult patient does not give rise to a presumption as to his intent to consent to or refuse life-sustaining procedures. This chapter applies only to persons who have executed a declaration in accordance with this chapter. Nothing in this chapter impairs any other legal right or legal responsibility which a person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal or the provision of life-sustaining procedures in any lawful manner.","path":["Title 44 - HEALTH","CHAPTER 77 Death With Dignity Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t44c077.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T07:34:44Z","sha256":"fb419579eec841356d58cdeb3358bb298fcd4326d9afb303e6ad32cd8fd31cc8","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-77-130","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-44-77-160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}