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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor Ch. 152
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CHAPTER 152
(House Bill 770)
AN ACT concerning
Health Care Providers - Do Not Resuscitate Orders - Outpatients
FOR the purpose of authorizing certain health care providers to withhold or withdraw
treatment in accordance with an emergency medical services "do not resuscitate
order" under certain circumstances; requiring certain persons to conduct certain
studies about emergency medical services "do not resuscitate orders"; requiring
the Attorney General to report to the General Assembly on or before a certain
date; and generally relating to health care providers and "do not resuscitate
orders".
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 5-608(a)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Health - General
5-608.
(a) (1) Certified or licensed emergency medical services personnel shall be
directed by protocol to follow emergency medical services "do not resuscitate orders"
pertaining to adult patients in the outpatient setting in accordance with protocols
established by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems in
conjunction with the State Board of Physician Quality Assurance.
(2) Emergency medical services "do not resuscitate orders" may not
authorize the withholding of medical interventions, or therapies deemed necessary to
provide comfort care or to alleviate pain.
(3) A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, OTHER THAN CERTIFIED OR LICENSED
EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, MAY PROVIDE, WITHHOLD, OR
WITHDRAW TREATMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
"DO NOT RESUSCITATE ORDER" DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH (1) OF THIS SUBSECTION
IF A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SEES EITHER THE ORDER OR A VALID, LEGIBLE, AND
PATIENT IDENTIFYING EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES "DO NOT RESUSCITATE
ORDER" IN BRACELET FORM.
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That:
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