Michigan Laws 333.1053 – Execution of order; authorized persons; form; printed or typed names; signatures; witness; identification bracelet; possession; access
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.1053
- Attending physician: means the physician who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of a declarant. See Michigan Laws 333.1052
- Declarant: means an individual who has executed a do-not-resuscitate order on his or her own behalf or on whose behalf a do-not-resuscitate order has been executed as provided in this act. See Michigan Laws 333.1052
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Hospital: means that term as defined in section 20106 of the public health code, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.1052
- identification bracelet: means a wrist bracelet that meets the requirements of section 7 and that is worn by a declarant while a do-not-resuscitate order is in effect. See Michigan Laws 333.1052
- order: means a document executed under this act directing that, if an individual suffers cessation of both spontaneous respiration and circulation in a setting outside of a hospital, resuscitation will not be initiated. See Michigan Laws 333.1052
- Parent: means the natural or adoptive parent of a minor child who possesses legal decision-making authority as to the important decisions affecting the welfare of the minor child. See Michigan Laws 333.1052
- Patient advocate: means an individual who is designated to make medical treatment decisions for a patient under section 5506 to 5515 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700. See Michigan Laws 333.1052
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l
(1) Subject to section 5, an individual who is 18 years of age or older and of sound mind may execute a do-not-resuscitate order on his or her own behalf. A patient advocate of an individual who is 18 years of age or older may execute a do-not-resuscitate order on behalf of that individual.
(2) An order executed under this section shall be on a form described in section 4. The order shall be dated and executed voluntarily and signed by each of the following persons:
(a) The declarant, the declarant’s patient advocate, or another person who, at the time of the signing, is in the presence of the declarant and acting pursuant to the directions of the declarant.
(b) The declarant’s attending physician.
(c) Two witnesses 18 years of age or older, at least 1 of whom is not the declarant’s spouse, parent, child, grandchild, sibling, or presumptive heir.
(3) The names of all signatories shall be printed or typed below the corresponding signatures. A witness shall not sign an order unless the declarant or the declarant’s patient advocate appears to the witness to be of sound mind and under no duress, fraud, or undue influence.
(4) At any time after an order is signed and witnessed, the declarant, the declarant’s patient advocate, or an individual designated by the declarant may apply an identification bracelet to the declarant’s wrist.
(5) A declarant or patient advocate who executes an order under this section shall maintain possession of the order and shall have the order accessible within the declarant’s place of residence or other setting outside of a hospital.