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New Hampshire · Through 2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025

RSA 137-J:27: Compliance With a Do Not Resuscitate Order.

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  1. Title X: PUBLIC HEALTH
  2. Chapter 137-J: WRITTEN DIRECTIVES FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING FOR ADULTS WITHOUT CAPACITY TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS
  3. Do Not Resuscitate

I. Health care providers and residential care providers shall comply with the do not resuscitate order when presented with one of the following:

(a) A do not resuscitate order or POLST that indicates Do Not Resuscitate completed by the attending practitioner on a form as specified in RSA 137-J:26;

(b) A do not resuscitate order or POLST indicating Do Not Resuscitate for a person present or residing in a health care facility issued in accordance with the health care facility's policies and procedures in compliance with the chapter; or

(c) A medical orders or POLST form on which the attending practitioner has documented a do not resuscitate order in compliance with this chapter.

(d) Do not resuscitate identification as set forth in RSA 137-J:33.

II. Pursuant to this chapter, health care providers shall respect do not resuscitate orders for persons in health care facilities, ambulances, homes, and communities within this state.

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