Law of Practicing Healthcare Professions

No medical intervention may be performed except with the consent of the patient, or his representative or guardian, if the patient is legally incompetent. As an exception, a healthcare professional must - in cases of accidents, emergencies, or critical cases requiring immediate or urgent medical intervention to save the patient's life or an organ thereof, or to avert severe damage that might result from delay, where the timely consent of the patient, or his representative or guardian is unattainable – intervene without waiting for such consent. Under no circumstances may the life of a terminally ill patient be terminated even if so requested by the patient or his family.