                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

TRANSFER OF PATIENT BY PHYSICIAN WHO REFUSES TO COMPLY WITH ADVANCE DIRECTIVE OR
HEALTH CARE DECISION (§ 54.1-2987)

An attending physician who refuses to comply with (i) a patient&#8217;s advance
directive or (ii) the health care decision of a patient&#8217;s agent or (iii)
the health care decision of an authorized person pursuant to § 54.1-2986 shall
make a reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another physician and shall
comply with § 54.1-2990.
		This section shall apply even if the attending physician determines the health
care requested to be medically or ethically inappropriate.

HISTORY: 1983, c. 532, § 54-325.8:7; 1988, c. 765; 1992, cc. 748, 772; 2000,
cc. 590, 598; 2009, cc. 211, 268.