§ 20-6-303. Definitions
As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Healthcare facility” means an institution, building, agency, or a portion of an institution, building, or agency that is used, operated, or designed to provide healthcare services, medical treatment, nursing care, rehabilitative care, or preventative care to an individual, regardless of whether the institution, building, or agency is a […]
§ 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”.