Section 137-J:22 – Civil Action.
137-J:22 Civil Action. – I. The principal or any person who is a near relative of the principal, or who is a responsible adult who is directly interested in the principal by personal knowledge and acquaintance, including, but not limited to a guardian, social worker, physician, or member of the clergy, may file an […]
Section 137-J:23 – Penalty.
137-J:23 Penalty. – A person who knowingly and falsely makes, alters, forges, or counterfeits, or knowingly and falsely causes to be made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or procures, aids or counsels the making, altering, forging, or counterfeiting, of an advance directive or revocation of same with the intent to injure or defraud a person […]
Section 137-J:24 – Applicability.
137-J:24 Applicability. – The provisions of this subdivision apply to all persons regardless of whether or not they have completed an advance directive. Source. 2006, 302:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.
Section 137-J:25 – Presumed Consent to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Health Care Providers and Residential Care Providers Not Required to Expand to Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.
137-J:25 Presumed Consent to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Health Care Providers and Residential Care Providers Not Required to Expand to Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. – I. Every person shall be presumed to consent to the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest, unless one or more of the following conditions, of which […]
Section 137-J:26 – Issuance of a Do Not Resuscitate Order; Order to be Written by the Attending Practitioner.
137-J:26 Issuance of a Do Not Resuscitate Order; Order to be Written by the Attending Practitioner. – I. An attending practitioner may issue a do not resuscitate order for a person if the person, or the person’s agent or surrogate, has consented to the order. A do not resuscitate order shall be issued in […]
Section 137-J:27 – Compliance With a Do Not Resuscitate Order.
137-J:27 Compliance With a Do Not Resuscitate Order. – I. Health care providers and residential care providers shall comply with the do not resuscitate order when presented with one of the following: (a) A do not resuscitate order or POLST that indicates Do Not Resuscitate completed by the attending practitioner on a form as […]
Section 137-J:28 – Protection of Persons Carrying Out in Good Faith a Do Not Resuscitate Order; Notification of Agent or Surrogate by Attending Practitioner Refusing to Comply With Do Not Resuscitate or POLST Order.
137-J:28 Protection of Persons Carrying Out in Good Faith a Do Not Resuscitate Order; Notification of Agent or Surrogate by Attending Practitioner Refusing to Comply With Do Not Resuscitate or POLST Order. – I. No health care provider or residential care provider, or any other person acting for the provider or under the provider’s […]
Section 137-J:29 – Revocation or Suspension of Do Not Resuscitate or POLST Order.
137-J:29 Revocation or Suspension of Do Not Resuscitate or POLST Order. – I. At any time a principal admitted as an inpatient or outpatient to a health care facility may revoke a do not resuscitate or POLST order by making either a written, oral, or other act of communication to the attending practitioner or […]
Section 137-J:17 – Reciprocity.
137-J:17 Reciprocity. – A DNR, POLST, durable power of attorney for health care, living will, or similar document executed in another state, and valid according to the laws of the state where it was executed, shall be as effective in this state as it would have been if executed according to the laws of […]
Section 137-J:18 – Naming of Multiple Agents.
137-J:18 Naming of Multiple Agents. – If the principal lists more than one person as the agent in a durable power of attorney for health care directive, the agents shall have authority in priority of the order in which their names are listed on the document, unless the method of joint agency is expressly […]