§ 20-6-312. Copy of physician order for life-sustaining treatment form
A copy of an executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form has the same effect as the original physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.
§ 20-6-304. Physician order for life-sustaining treatment form
(a) The State Board of Health shall prescribe a standardized physician order for life-sustaining treatment form that: (1) Is signed and dated by: (A) The patient or the legal representative of the patient; and (B) The physician of the patient; (2) Includes: (A) The name and date of birth of the patient; and (B) The […]
§ 20-6-305. Compliance
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a healthcare provider and a healthcare facility shall treat a patient in accordance with the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form. (b) A physician order for life-sustaining treatment form is valid in a healthcare facility, regardless of whether the physician who signed the life-sustaining treatment […]
§ 20-6-306. Review and revision
(a) (1) An executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form may be reviewed periodically by the physician of the patient. (2) The physician may: (A) Conduct an evaluation of the patient; and (B) In consultation with the patient or the legal representative of the patient, issue a new physician order for life-sustaining treatment form consistent […]
§ 20-6-307. Relationship with advance directives
(a) (1) A physician order for life-sustaining treatment form is not intended to replace an advance directive. (2) In executing a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form, a patient, the legal representative of the patient when applicable, and the physician shall make a good-faith effort to locate and incorporate treatment preferences documented in a previously […]
§ 20-6-116. Effect and interpretation of living wills
(a) If a living will entered into before October 1, 2013, was valid at the time of execution, it remains valid. (b) A living will entered into on or after October 1, 2013, that evidences an intent that it is entered into under this subchapter is valid. (c) A living will entered into on or […]
§ 20-6-308. Liability
A healthcare provider, healthcare facility, or employee or agent of the healthcare provider or healthcare facility is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for: (1) Complying with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon a good-faith assumption that the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was valid […]
§ 20-6-117. Effect and interpretation of durable powers of attorney
(a) If a durable power of attorney for health care entered into before October 1, 2013, was valid at the time of execution, it remains valid. (b) A durable power of attorney for health care entered into on or after October 1, 2013, that evidences an intent that it is entered into under this subchapter […]
§ 20-6-309. Voluntary signing
(a) The signing of a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form by a patient or legal representative of the patient is voluntary. (b) (1) A person or entity, including without limitation a healthcare provider, healthcare facility, employer, or health insurance carrier, shall not require an individual to execute a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form […]
§ 20-6-201. Title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Patient Right-to-Know Act”.