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§63-3131.7.
§63-3131.7.
A. At any time, a person under the care of a health care agency may
revoke such person's do-not-resuscitate consent by making an oral,
written, or other act of communication to a physician or other health
care provider of a health care agency.
B. At any time, a person not under the care of a health care agency
may revoke such person's do-not-resuscitate consent by destroying the
form and removing all do-not-resuscitate identification from the
person. The person is responsible for notifying such person's
attending physician of the revocation.
C. At any time, the parent or guardian of a minor child, or the minor
child, if capable of doing so and possessing sufficient understanding
and appreciation of the nature and consequences of the treatment
decision despite the minor child's chronological age, may revoke the
do-not-resuscitate consent for the minor child by making an oral,
written, or other act of communication to a physician or other health
care provider. The parent or guardian of the minor child is
responsible for notifying the minor child's attending physician of the
revocation.
D. At any time, a representative may revoke the do-not-resuscitate
consent for an incapacitated person under the care of a health care
agency by notifying a physician or other health care provider of the
health care agency of the revocation of consent in writing or by
orally notifying the attending physician.
E. At any time, a representative may revoke the do-not-resuscitate
consent for an incapacitated person not under the care of a health
care agency by destroying the form and removing all do-not-resuscitate
identification from the person. The representative is responsible for
notifying the person's attending physician of the revocation.
F. The attending physician who is informed of or provided with a
revocation of consent to a do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to this
section shall immediately cancel the order if the person is under the
care of a health care agency and shall notify the health care
providers of the health care agency responsible for the person's care
of the revocation and cancellation. Any professional staff of the
health care agency who is informed of or provided with a revocation of
consent for a do-not-resuscitate order pursuant to this section shall
immediately notify the attending physician of the revocation.
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