North Carolina Administrative Code
Title 10A - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 28 - MENTAL HEALTH, STATE OPERATED FACILITIES AND SERVICES
Subchapter E - ADVANCE CARE DIRECTIVES FOR CLIENTS
Section .0100 - RIGHT TO NATURAL DEATH
Section 28E .0104 - NATURAL DEATH IN ABSENCE OF DIRECTIVE

Clients in division facilities retain the right to die with dignity even where they have made no advance care directive, or have made a directive which does not comply with statutory requirements. In the absence of an advance care directive, the Division shall maintain strict compliance with the procedure established by G.S. 90-322 for determination of when, and under what conditions, extraordinary means or artificial nutrition or hydration may be withheld or withdrawn.

Authority G.S. 90-320; 90-322; 143B-147;
Eff. November 2, 1992;
Pursuant to G.S. 150B-21.3A, rule is necessary without substantive public interest Eff. May 1, 2018.