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(e) The advance directive for health care of a declarant who is known by the attending

physician to be pregnant shall have no effect during the course of the declarant's pregnancy.

(f) It shall be the responsibility of the declarant to provide a copy of the advance directive

for health care to his or her attending physician and other health care providers rendering

treatment to the declarant. The health care provider shall make the advance directive for

health care, or a copy of the advance directive for health care, a part of the declarant's

medical records.

(g) In the event a declarant has executed both a living will and a proxy designation, the

decisions by the health care proxy duly designated under this chapter regarding the providing,

withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment or artificially provided nutrition or

hydration, shall take precedence over a living will of a declarant, unless the declarant's

living will or proxy designation indicates otherwise.

(h) The advance directive for health care shall be substantially in the following form, but in

addition may include other specific directions. Should any specific directions be held to be

invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other directions of the advance directive for health

care which can be given effect without the invalid direction, and to this end the directions in

the advance directive for health care are severable.

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