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Bulgarian law does not rank relatives as emergency medical surrogates.

The Claim

In Bulgaria, when an emergency patient lacks decision-making capacity, Bulgarian law establishes a hierarchy of relatives authorized to make decisions about the patient's care.

The Short Version

Bulgarian law does not establish a ranked hierarchy of relatives for emergency medical decisions. For certain incapacitated patients, a court may select a representative from among relatives, but the law does not prescribe an order of priority. In life-threatening emergencies, treatment may proceed without consent when a legal representative cannot be reached in time.

Caveats

  • A court's discretion to appoint one relative does not constitute a hierarchy of relatives.
  • The court-appointment provision does not govern every emergency patient lacking decision-making capacity.
  • Life-threatening treatment may proceed without consent when a representative cannot be contacted in time.

The Receipts

  1. LAW OF HEALTH

    Extranet Systems

  2. Закон за здравето

    Министерство на здравеопазването на Република България

  3. Health_Act

    Tobacco Control Laws

  4. Права на пациента

    Министерство на здравеопазването

  5. Закон за здравето

    Lex.bg

  6. BGR-82943

    ILO NATLEX

  7. Country report Bulgaria

    BUDH NL

  8. Нормативно регулиране правата на пациента

    Министерство на здравеопазването

  9. BULGARIA - European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

    European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights

  10. Stavru_S.pdf

    Софийски университет

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Bulgaria

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