Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
(A)
If a person who possesses DNR identification or for
whom a current do-not-resuscitate order issued by an authorized health care
provider has been issued is being transferred from one health care facility to
another, before or at the time of the transfer, the transferring health care
facility shall:
(1)
Notify the receiving health care facility of the
existence of the DNR identification or the current do-not-resuscitate order
issued by an authorized health care provider; and
(2)
Notify the
persons transporting the person, including, emergency medical services, private
ambulance services, or other patient transport services, of the existence of
the DNR identification or the current do-not-resuscitate order issued by an
authorized health care provider.
(B)
If a current
do-not-resuscitate order was issued orally, it shall be reduced to writing
through the completion of a state of Ohio DNR order form before the time of the
transfer.
(C)
Health care facilities that provide treatment,
services, or care to a person with a DNR shall ensure that one of the following
accompany the person to the receiving facility:
(1)
An original or
paper copy of the person's written state of Ohio DNR order form signed by an
authorized health care provider; or
(2)
DNR
identification authorized in rule
3701-62-04 of the Administrative
Code as follows:
(a)
A bracelet or necklace bearing the logo as depicted in
appendix C to rule
3701-62-04 of the Administrative
Code and the person's name. The bracelet or necklace shall also include the
word "arrest" if the person is a DNR comfort care-arrest;
(b)
A transparent
hospital-type bracelet with an insert containing the logo and identifying
information as depicted in appendix B to rule 3701-63-04 of the Administrative
Code;
(c)
A wallet card bearing the logo and identifying
information as depicted in appendix D to rule
3701-62-04 of the Administrative
Code; or
(d)
A copy of the person's living will declaration that
includes language that authorizes the withholding or withdrawal of CPR that has
not been revoked pursuant to section
2133.04 of the Revised Code and
that the declaration has become operative in accordance with section
2133.03 of the Revised
Code.
(D)
A person's DNR
identification shall remain in effect until it is revoked in accordance with
rule 3701-62-06 of the Administrative
Code.
Replaces: 3701-62-09
