26:2H-70. Existing law
preserved; emergency care
18. a. Nothing in this act shall be construed to
alter, amend or revoke the rights and responsibilities under existing law of
health care institutions not governed by the provisions of this act.
b. The provisions of
this act shall not be construed to require emergency personnel, including paid
or volunteer fire fighters; paramedics; members of an ambulance team, rescue
squad, or mobile intensive care unit; or emergency room personnel of a licensed
health care institution, to withhold or withdraw emergency care in
circumstances which do not afford reasonable opportunity for careful review and
evaluation of an 
advance directive
without endangering the
life of the patient.
advance directive without endangering the
life of the patient. 
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