Determining capacity

If an individual has a recent history of a mental health disorder or an intellectual disability that could cause impaired judgment with regard to end-of-life medical decision making, or if, in the opinion of the prescribing health care provider or consulting health care provider, an individual currently has a mental health disorder or an intellectual disability that may cause impaired judgment with regard to end-of-life medical decision making, the individual shall not be determined to have capacity to make end-of-life decisions until the: A. health care provider refers the individual for evaluation by a mental health professional with the training and expertise to assess a person with such a disorder or disability; and B. mental health professional determines the individual to have capacity to make end-of-life decisions after evaluating the individual during one or more visits with the individual. History: Laws 2021, ch. 132, § 4.