Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part VII - Emergency Medical Services
Subpart B - Matters Anciliary to Emergency Medical Services Systems
Chapter 1051 - OUT-OF-HOSPITAL DO-NOT-RECUSCITATE ORDERS
PATIENT AND SURROGATE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Section 1051.11 - Patient qualifications to request and revoke out-of-hospital DNR order
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Patient requesting an out-of-hospital DNR order. A patient may request and receive an out-of-hospital DNR order from the patient's attending physician if the patient has a terminal condition and the patient is at least 18 years of age, has graduated from high school, has married or is emancipated.
(b) Patient revoking an out-of-hospital DNR order. An out-of-hospital DNR patient, regardless of age or physical or mental condition, may revoke an out-of-hospital DNR order issued for the out-of-hospital DNR patient whether the order was issued pursuant to the request of the patient or the patient's surrogate.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 1051.22 (relating to issuance of out-of-hospital DNR order); 28 Pa. Code § 1051.23 (relating to disclosure to patient requesting out-of-hospital DNR order); and 28 Pa. Code § 1051.26 (relating to physician refusal to issue an out-of-hospital DNR order).
