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Service, not Servitude

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Arizona

Arizona Revised Statutes | Title 36: Public Health and Safety | Chapter 32: Living wills and health care directives

AZ Rev Stat ยง 36-3205 (2018) Health care providers; immunity from liability; conditions

C. A health care provider is not subject to criminal or civil liability or professional discipline for any of the following:

1. Failing to comply with a decision or a direction that violates the provider's conscience if the provider promptly makes known the provider's unwillingness and promptly transfers the responsibility for the patient's care to another provider who is willing to act in accordance with the agent's direction.