SUBCHAPTER 28E ‑ ADVANCE CARE DIRECTIVES FOR CLIENTS

SECTION .0100 ‑ RIGHT TO NATURAL DEATH

10A NCAC 28E .0101      SCOPE

These Rules set forth the right of an individual to control decisions relating to his medical care, including the right to a peaceful and natural death, as set forth in G.S. 90‑321. These Rules apply to the Division's four psychiatric hospitals, the N.C. Special Care Center, the three Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centers, and the five Mental Retardation Centers, hereafter referred to as Division facilities.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 32A‑15; 90‑320; 143B‑147;

Eff. November 2, 1992;

Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 1, 2018.