Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37.10 - EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES
Subchapter 37.10.1 - Living Wills
Rule 37.10.104 - LIVING WILL PROTOCOL FOR EMS PERSONNEL
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 37.10.104
Current through Register Vol. 18, September 20, 2024
(1) The living will protocol may also be designated the "POLST protocol". Providers may use POLST to implement DNR orders, or the end of life treatment decisions by a patient expressed through a living will or otherwise.
(2) For a patient who has completed a POLST form, emergency medical services personnel must follow the POLST protocol for providing palliative care or withholding life-sustaining procedures from a patient if a patient meets the following criteria:
(a) The identity of the patient has
been clearly established and the personnel have been presented with any one of
the following:
(i) a POLST form for the
patient; or
(ii) a written DNR
order signed and dated by a provider.
(b) An unresponsive person is wearing a POLST
necklace or bracelet (no further identification is
necessary).
AUTH: 50-9-110, MCA; IMP: 50-9-102, 50-9-103, MCA
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