{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-137-j-27","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 137-J:27","heading":"Compliance With a Do Not Resuscitate Order.","body":"I. Health care providers and residential care providers shall comply with the do not resuscitate order when presented with one of the following:\n(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;\n(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\n(c) A medical orders or POLST form on which the attending practitioner has documented a do not resuscitate order in compliance with this chapter.\n(d) Do not resuscitate identification as set forth in RSA 137-J:33.\nII. 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.","path":["Title X: PUBLIC HEALTH","Chapter 137-J: WRITTEN DIRECTIVES FOR MEDICAL DECISION MAKING FOR ADULTS WITHOUT CAPACITY TO MAKE HEALTH CARE DECISIONS","Do Not Resuscitate"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/X/137-J/137-J-27.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:21:21Z","sha256":"ec1f929c791f6168b78dead1035da8c99f45ff7e193a751d7e7ce1b550037574","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-137-j-26","next":"us-nh/rsa-137-j-28"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}