Section 190.600 – Citation of act — definitions.

Effective – 28 Aug 2007 190.600. Citation of act — definitions. — 1. Sections 190.600 to 190.621 shall be known and may be cited as the “Outside the Hospital Do-Not-Resuscitate Act”. 2. As used in sections 190.600 to 190.621, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall mean: (1) “Attending physician”: (a) A […]

Section 190.603 – Outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order may be executed, when — maintained in medical records — transfers with patient.

Effective – 28 Aug 2007 190.603. Outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order may be executed, when — maintained in medical records — transfers with patient. — 1. A patient or patient’s representative and the patient’s attending physician may execute an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order. An outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order shall not be effective unless […]

Section 190.606 – Immunity from liability, what persons and entities.

Effective – 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories 190.606. Immunity from liability, what persons and entities. — The following persons and entities shall not be subject to civil, criminal, or administrative liability and are not guilty of unprofessional conduct for the following acts or omissions that follow discovery of an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate identification upon […]

Section 190.609 – Order effective, when — limitations of order.

Effective – 28 Aug 2007 190.609. Order effective, when — limitations of order. — 1. An outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order shall only be effective when the patient has not been admitted to or is not being treated within a hospital. 2. An outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order and the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate protocol […]

Section 190.612 – Emergency medical services personnel to comply with order, when — physician to transfer patient, when.

Effective – 28 Aug 2020, 2 histories 190.612. Emergency medical services personnel to comply with order, when — physician to transfer patient, when. — 1. Emergency medical services personnel are authorized to comply with the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate protocol when presented with an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate identification or an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate […]

Section 190.615 – Death of a patient, not suicide or homicide — effect of order on life insurance — order does not authorize mercy killing or euthanasia.

Effective – 28 Aug 2007 190.615. Death of a patient, not suicide or homicide — effect of order on life insurance — order does not authorize mercy killing or euthanasia. — 1. A patient’s death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal in good faith of cardiopulmonary resuscitation under an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order is […]

Section 190.618 – Rules — rulemaking authority.

Effective – 28 Aug 2007 190.618. Rules — rulemaking authority. — 1. By June 30, 2008, the department shall promulgate rules relating to the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate protocol, the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate identification, and the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate forms under sections 190.600 to 190.621. 2. Any rule or portion of a rule, […]

Section 190.621 – Penalty for concealing or falsifying an order.

Effective – 01 Jan 2017, 2 histories 190.621. Penalty for concealing or falsifying an order. — 1. Any person who knowingly conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order or the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate identification of another person without the consent of the other person, or who knowingly falsifies or forges […]