{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-137-j-31","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 137-J:31","heading":"Interinstitutional Transfers.","body":"If a person with a do not resuscitate order is transferred from one health care facility to another health care facility, the health care facility initiating the transfer shall communicate the existence of a do not resuscitate order to the receiving facility prior to the transfer. The written do not resuscitate order, the do not resuscitate card as described in RSA 137-J:26, or the medical orders form shall accompany the person to the health care facility receiving the person and shall remain effective until a physician at the receiving facility issues admission orders. The do not resuscitate card or the medical orders form shall be kept as the first page in the person's transfer records.","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-31.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:21:21Z","sha256":"b62728e9808d8e52bb0e01d55d73b536cd440a1e08c0ce1034669fd076854c3d","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-137-j-30","next":"us-nh/rsa-137-j-32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}