Withdrawal or withholding of treatment neither suicide or homicide

Death resulting from the withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment in accordance with this chapter does not constitute, for any purpose, a suicide on the part of the declarant or a homicide on the part of the attending physician or other health care providers. Source: SL 1991, ch 273 , § 13; SL 2007, ch 193 , § 9.