{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2h-132","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-132","heading":"Encouragement of public awareness, understanding of POLST form.","body":"4.\tIt shall be the public policy of this State to encourage public awareness and understanding of the Practitioner Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form as a means of enabling patients in this State to indicate their preferences for health care through the use of a completed POLST form as a complementary measure to the use of an advance directive, or in lieu of an advance directive if the patient has not executed such a document, in accordance with the provisions of this act.\nL.2011, c.145, s.4; amended 2019, c.218, s.5.","path":["TITLE 26 HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"fa6bf5f8f50b11a201153c8ea8abe49723ba38a465fd94cb1fb156bc9195ad98","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2h-131","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-26-2h-132.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}