Definition. For the purposes of this chapter, the term 'terminal condition' means an incurable condition caused by injury, disease, or illness, which, regardless of the application of life-sustaining procedures, would, within reasonable medical judgment, produce death within 6 months or less. (Mar. 16, 1989, D.C. Law 7-210, § 2, 36 DCR 478.) Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 3-1101. Editor's Notes As enacted by D.C. Law 7-210, § 2, this section contained the subdivision designation '(1).' As this material contained no other subdivision designations, the designation '(1)' has been deleted for stylistic consistency.
District of Columbia Legal Code