190.603. Outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order may be executed, when--maintained in medical records--transfers with patient. - Missouri Statutes

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Outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order may be executed,when--maintained in medical records--transfers with patient.

190.603. 1. A patient or patient's representative and the patient'sattending physician may execute an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitateorder. An outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order shall not beeffective unless it is executed by the patient or patient's representativeand the patient's attending physician, and it is in the form promulgated byrule of the department.

2. If an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order has beenexecuted, it shall be maintained as the first page of a patient's medicalrecord in a health care facility unless otherwise specified in the healthcare facility's policies and procedures.

3. An outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order shall betransferred with the patient when the patient is transferred from onehealth care facility to another health care facility. If the patient istransferred outside of a hospital, the outside the hospital DNR form shallbe provided to any other facility, person, or agency responsible for themedical care of the patient or to the patient or patient's representative.

(L. 2007 H.B. 182)

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Outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order may be executed,when--maintained in medical records--transfers with patient.

190.603. 1. A patient or patient's representative and the patient'sattending physician may execute an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitateorder. An outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order shall not beeffective unless it is executed by the patient or patient's representativeand the patient's attending physician, and it is in the form promulgated byrule of the department.

2. If an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order has beenexecuted, it shall be maintained as the first page of a patient's medicalrecord in a health care facility unless otherwise specified in the healthcare facility's policies and procedures.

3. An outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order shall betransferred with the patient when the patient is transferred from onehealth care facility to another health care facility. If the patient istransferred outside of a hospital, the outside the hospital DNR form shallbe provided to any other facility, person, or agency responsible for themedical care of the patient or to the patient or patient's representative.

(L. 2007 H.B. 182)

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Outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order may be executed,when--maintained in medical records--transfers with patient.

190.603. 1. A patient or patient's representative and the patient'sattending physician may execute an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitateorder. An outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order shall not beeffective unless it is executed by the patient or patient's representativeand the patient's attending physician, and it is in the form promulgated byrule of the department.

2. If an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order has beenexecuted, it shall be maintained as the first page of a patient's medicalrecord in a health care facility unless otherwise specified in the healthcare facility's policies and procedures.

3. An outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order shall betransferred with the patient when the patient is transferred from onehealth care facility to another health care facility. If the patient istransferred outside of a hospital, the outside the hospital DNR form shallbe provided to any other facility, person, or agency responsible for themedical care of the patient or to the patient or patient's representative.

(L. 2007 H.B. 182)