New Hampshire Revised Statutes 137-J:27 – Compliance With a Do Not Resuscitate Order
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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 specified in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 137-J:26;
(b) A do not resuscitate order or POLST indicating Do Not Resuscitate for a person present or residing in a health care facility issued in accordance with the health care facility’s policies and procedures in compliance with the chapter; or
(c) A medical orders or POLST form on which the attending practitioner has documented a do not resuscitate order in compliance with this chapter.
(d) Do not resuscitate identification as set forth in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 137-J:33.
II. Pursuant to this chapter, health care providers shall respect do not resuscitate orders for persons in health care facilities, ambulances, homes, and communities within this state.
(a) A do not resuscitate order or POLST that indicates Do Not Resuscitate completed by the attending practitioner on a form as specified in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 137-J:26;
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 137-J:27
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
(b) A do not resuscitate order or POLST indicating Do Not Resuscitate for a person present or residing in a health care facility issued in accordance with the health care facility’s policies and procedures in compliance with the chapter; or
(c) A medical orders or POLST form on which the attending practitioner has documented a do not resuscitate order in compliance with this chapter.
(d) Do not resuscitate identification as set forth in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 137-J:33.
II. Pursuant to this chapter, health care providers shall respect do not resuscitate orders for persons in health care facilities, ambulances, homes, and communities within this state.