Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
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 |
Section 1051.52. Procedure when both advance directive and out-of-hospital DNR order are present
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If a patient with cardiac or respiratory arrest has both an advance directive directing that no CPR be provided and an out-of-hospital DNR order, an EMS provider shall comply with the out-of-hospital DNR order as set forth in § 1051.51 (relating to implementation of an out-of-hospital DNR order).
The provisions of this § 1051.52 amended February 6, 2004, effective February 7, 2004, 34 Pa.B. 677. Immediately preceeding text appears at serial page (294024).
Notation
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code § 1051.101 (relating to recognition of other states out-of-hospital DNR orders).