South Carolina Code 44-78-50. Chapter not condonation of mercy killing; children ineligible for “do not resuscitate orders”; compliance with article not suicide
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(A) Nothing in this chapter may be construed to condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or euthanasia or to permit any affirmative action or deliberate act to end life other than to allow the natural process of dying.
(B) No child may request a "do not resuscitate order for emergency medical services" as provided for in this article.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 44-78-50
- Child: means a person under the age of eighteen who is neither married nor judicially emancipated and who is medically eligible for hospice care as a result of a terminal condition. See South Carolina Code 44-78-15
(C) The withholding of resuscitative measures pursuant to this article does not constitute suicide for any purpose.