Title 31, Chapter 39, Section 6
( 31-39-6)
(a) A patient may, at any time, revoke his or her consent to an
order not to resuscitate by making either a written or an oral
declaration or by any other act evidencing a specific intent to
revoke such consent which is communicated to or in the presence of
an attending physician or a member of the nursing staff at the
health care facility, a health care professional, or an emergency
medical technician. (b) Any parent or authorized person may at any time revoke his or
her consent to an order not to resuscitate a patient by making
either a written or an oral declaration or by any other act
evidencing a specific intent to revoke such consent which is
communicated to or in the presence of an attending physician or a
member of the nursing staff at the health care facility, a health
care professional, or an emergency medical technician. (c) Any physician who is informed of or provided with a revocation
of consent pursuant to this Code section shall, either by himself or
herself or by designee, immediately include the revocation in the
patient's chart, cancel the order, and notify any health care
facility staff responsible for the patient's care of the revocation
and cancellation. Any member of the nursing staff, a health care
professional, or emergency medical technician who is informed of or
provided with a revocation of consent pursuant to this Code section
shall immediately notify a physician of such revocation. |