28 Pa. Code § 1051.12 – Surrogate’s authority to request and revoke out-of-hospital DNR order.

(a) Surrogate requesting an out-of-hospital DNR order. The surrogate of a patient may request and receive from the patient’s attending physician an out-of-hospital DNR order for the patient, regardless of the patient’s age or other physical or mental condition.
(b) Surrogate revoking an out-of-hospital DNR order. A patient’s surrogate may revoke an out-of-hospital DNR order for the patient if the out-of-hospital DNR order was issued at the request of a surrogate.

The provisions of this § 1051.12 amended February 6, 2004, effective February 7, 2004, 34 Pa.B. 677. Immediately preceeding text appears at (294017).