{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5445","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 5445","heading":"Emergency medical services.","body":"(a) General rule.--An emergency medical services provider shall, in the course of providing care to a principal, at all times comply with the instructions of an authorized medical command physician to withhold or discontinue cardiopulmonary resuscitation for a principal whose living will has become operative under section 5443(a) (relating to when living will operative).\n(b) Applicability.--This section is applicable only in those instances where an out-of-hospital DNR order is not in effect under section 5484 (relating to orders, bracelets and necklaces).","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 54 HEALTH CARE","SUBCHAPTER B LIVING WILLS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=54\u0026sctn=45\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"e85ae5189bb5d106125a197b5c50a2dbe287cf4e994431cb4f2f42b33cae06f6","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5444","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5446"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}