Michigan Laws 333.1060 – Revocation of order
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 333.1060
- Actual notice: includes the physical presentation of an order, a revocation of an order, or another written document authorized under this act from or on behalf of a declarant. See Michigan Laws 333.1052
- 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
- Delegatee: means an individual to whom a physician has delegated the authority to perform 1 or more selected acts, tasks, or functions under section 16215 of the public health code, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.1052
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- Guardian: means that term as defined in section 1104 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700. 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
- in writing: shall be construed to include printing, engraving, and lithographing; except that if the written signature of a person is required by law, the signature shall be the proper handwriting of the person or, if the person is unable to write, the person's proper mark, which may be, unless otherwise expressly prohibited by law, a clear and classifiable fingerprint of the person made with ink or another substance. See Michigan Laws 8.3q
- 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
- Physician: means an individual who is licensed or otherwise authorized to engage in the practice of medicine or the practice of osteopathic medicine and surgery under article 15 of the public health code, MCL 333. See Michigan Laws 333.1052
- School: means a nonpublic school or a public school as those terms are defined in section 5 of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380. See Michigan Laws 333.1052
(1) A declarant may revoke an order executed by himself or herself or executed on his or her behalf at any time and in any manner by which he or she is able to communicate his or her intent to revoke the order. If the declarant’s revocation is not in writing, an individual who observes the declarant’s revocation of the order shall describe the circumstances of the revocation in writing, sign the writing, and deliver the writing to the declarant’s attending physician or his or her delegatee and, if the declarant is a patient or resident of a facility or a pupil of a school, to the administrator of the facility or school or the administrator’s designee. A patient advocate, parent, or guardian may revoke an order on behalf of a declarant at any time by issuing the revocation in writing and provide actual notice of the revocation by delivering the written revocation to the declarant’s attending physician or his or her delegatee and, if the declarant is a patient or resident of a facility or a pupil of a school, to the administrator of the facility or school or the administrator’s designee. Upon revocation, the declarant, patient advocate, parent, guardian, or attending physician or his or her delegatee who has actual notice of a revocation of an order under this section shall do all of the following:
(a) Write “void” on all pages of the order.
(b) If applicable, remove the declarant’s do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet.
(2) A physician or his or her delegatee who receives actual notice of a revocation of an order shall immediately make the revocation, including, if available, the written description of the circumstances of the revocation required by subsection (1), part of the declarant’s permanent medical record. The administrator of a facility or his or her designee who receives actual notice of a revocation of an order of a declarant who is a patient or resident of the facility shall immediately make the revocation part of the patient’s or resident’s permanent medical record. The administrator of a school or his or her designee who receives actual notice of a revocation of an order of a declarant who is a pupil of the school shall immediately place the revocation in the file created under section 1180(1)(a) of the revised school code, 1976 PA 451, MCL 380.1180.
(3) A revocation of an order under this section is binding upon another person at the time that other person receives actual notice of the revocation.