Title 31, Chapter 39, Section 3
( 31-39-3)
(a) Every patient shall be presumed to consent to the administration
of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the event of cardiac or
respiratory arrest, unless there is consent or authorization for the
issuance of an order not to resuscitate. Such presumption of consent
does not presume that every patient shall be administered
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but rather that every patient agrees
to its administration unless it is medically futile. (b) Every adult shall be presumed to have the capacity to make a decision regarding cardiopulmonary resuscitation unless determined otherwise in writing in the patient's medical record pursuant to this Code section or pursuant to a court order. When an order not to resuscitate is requested by an adult with decision-making capacity, such order shall be presumed, unless revoked pursuant to Code Section 31-39-6, to be the direction of such person regarding resuscitation. (c) Nothing in this chapter shall require a health care facility,
any other facility, or a health care provider to expand its existing
equipment and facilities to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation. |