Title 23, Title 23 and Safety

(a) Upon the request of a physician, acting on behalf of a qualified patient who does not wish to be resuscitated, the department of health shall issue a nontransferable, nonremovable bracelet to a specific qualified patient, which will be marked “DNR”, meaning “do not resuscitat…

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisio…

The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (1) “Advance directive protocol” means a standardized, state-wide method developed for emergency medical services personnel by the department of health and approved by the ambulance service advisory board, of prov…

(a) A competent individual eighteen (18) years of age or older may at any time execute a declaration governing the withholding or withdrawal of life sustaining procedures. The declaration must be signed by the declarant, or another at the declarant’s direction in the presence of …

(a) The department of health shall establish rules and regulations, consistent with the provisions of this section, for the establishment of Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment and the structure and content of Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment forms. (b)(1) A …

(a)(1) A declaration may be revoked at any time and in any manner by which the declarant is able to communicate an intent to revoke, without regard to mental or physical condition. A revocation is only effective as to the attending physician or any health care provider upon commu…

Upon determining that the declarant is in a terminal condition, the attending physician who has notice of a declaration shall record the determination and the substance of the declaration in the declarant’s medical record.

(a) A qualified patient has the right to make decisions regarding use of life sustaining procedures as long as the patient is able to do so. If a qualified patient is not able to make those decisions, the declaration governs decisions regarding use of life sustaining procedures. …

An attending physician or health care provider who refuses to comply with the declaration of a qualified patient pursuant to this chapter shall make the necessary arrangements to effect the transfer of the qualified patient to another physician who will effectuate the declaration…

(a) In the absence of actual notice of the revocation of a declaration, the following, while acting in accordance with the requirements of this chapter, are not subject to civil or criminal liability or charges of unprofessional conduct: (1) A physician who causes the withholding…

(a) Failure of a physician to transfer a patient pursuant to § 23-4.11-7 shall constitute “unprofessional conduct” as that term is used in § 5-37-5.1. (b) Failure of a physician to record the determination of terminal condition pursuant to § 23-4.11-5 shall constitute “unprofessi…