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As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(A) “Attending physician” means the physician to whom a person, or the family of a person, has assigned primary responsibility for the treatment or care of the person or, if the person or the person’s family has not assigned that responsibility, the physician who has accepted that responsibility.
(B) “Cardiac arrest” means absence of a palpable pulse.
(C) “CNP” Means a person who holds a certificate of authority to practice as a certified nurse practitioner issued under section 4723.42 of the Revised Code.
(D) “CNS” Means a person who holds a certificate of authority to practice as a clinical nurse specialist issued under section 4723.42 of the Revised Code.
(E) “CPR” Means cardiopulmonary resuscitation or a component of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but it does not include clearing a person’s airway for a purpose other than as a component of CPR. “Component of CPR” means any of the following:
(1) Administration of chest compressions;
(2) Insertion of an artificial airway;
(3) Administration of resuscitation drugs;
(4) Defibrillation or cardioversion;
(5) Provision of respiratory assistance;
(6) Initiation of a resuscitative intravenous line; and
(7) Initiation of cardiac monitoring.
(F) “Declarant” means any adult who has executed a declaration in accordance with section 2133.02 of the Revised Code.
(G) “Declaration” means a written document executed in accordance with section 2133.02 of the Revised Code.
(H) “Do-not-resuscitate identification” or “DNR identification” means a standardized identification card, form, necklace, or bracelet that is of uniform size and design, that has been approved by the department of health pursuant to section 2133.25 of the Revised Code, and that signifies either of the following:
(1) That the person who is named on and possesses the card, form, necklace, or bracelet has executed a declaration that authorizes the withholding or withdrawal of CPR and that has not been revoked pursuant to section 2133.04 of the Revised Code; or
(2) That the attending physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, of the person who is named on and possesses the card, form, necklace, or bracelet has issued a current do-not-resuscitate order, in accordance with the do-not-resuscitate protocol adopted by the department of health pursuant to section 2133.25 of the Revised Code, for that person and has documented the grounds for the order in that person’s medical record.
DNR Identification that has been approved by the department of health is listed in rule 3701-62-04 of the Administrative Code.
(I) “Do-not-resuscitate order” or “DNR order” means a directive issued by a physician, or by a CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, that identifies a person and specifies that CPR should not be administered to the person so identified. The do-not-resuscitate-order shall be implemented in accordance with the do-not-resuscitate protocol.
(J) “Do-not-resuscitate protocol” or “DNR protocol” means the standardized method of procedure for the withholding of CPR by physicians, CNPs or CNSs as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, emergency medical service personnel, and health care facilities that is adopted in the rules of the department of health pursuant to section 2133.25 of the Revised Code. The do-not-resuscitate protocol is specified in rule 3701-62-05 of the Administrative Code.
(K) “Emergency medical services personnel” means paid or volunteer firefighters, law enforcement officers, first responders, emergency medical technicians-basic, emergency medical technicians-intermediate, emergency medical technicians-paramedic, medical technicians, or other emergency services personnel acting within the ordinary course of their profession.
(L) “Health care facility” means any of the following:
(1) A hospital as defined in section 2108.01, 3701.01, or 5122.01 of the Revised Code;
(2) A hospice care program, as defined in section 3712.01 of the Revised Code, or other institution that specializes in comfort care of patients in a terminal condition or in a permanently unconscious state;
(3) A nursing home or residential care facility, as defined in section 3721.01 of the Revised Code;
(4) A home health agency, as defined in section 3701.88 of the Revised Code, and any residential facility where a person is receiving care under the direction of a home health agency;
(5) An intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.
(M) “Life-sustaining treatment” means any medical procedure, treatment, intervention, or other measure that, when administered to a qualified patient or other patient, will serve principally to prolong the process of dying.
(N) “Permanently unconscious state” means a state of permanent unconsciousness in a declarant or other patient that, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty as determined in accordance with reasonable medical standards by the declarant’s or other patient’s attending physician and one other physician who has examined the declarant or other patient, is characterized by both of the following:
(1) Irreversible unawareness of one’s being and environment; and
(2) Total loss of cerebral cortical functioning, resulting in the declarant or other patient having no capacity to experience pain or suffering.
(O) “Physician” means a person who is authorized under Chapter 4731. of the Revised Code to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery.
(P) “Principal” means a person who has executed a durable power of attorney for health care under sections 1337.11 to 1337.17 of the Revised Code.
(Q) “Professional disciplinary action” means action taken by the board or other entity that regulates the professional conduct of health care personnel, including but not limited to the state medical board, the board of nursing, and the state board of emergency medical services.
(R) “Respiratory arrest” means absence of spontaneous respirations or the presence of agonal breathing.
(S) “Standard care arrangement” has the same meaning as defined in section 4723.02(P) of the Revised Code.
(T) “Terminal condition” means an irreversible, incurable, and untreatable condition caused by disease, illness, or injury from which, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty as determined in accordance with reasonable medical standards by a declarant’s or other patient’s attending physician and one other physician who has examined the declarant or other patient, both of the following apply:
(1) There can be no recovery; and
(2) Death is likely to occur within a relatively short time if life-sustaining treatment is not administered.
(U) “Tort action” means a civil action for damages for injury, death, or loss to person or property, other than a civil action for damages for breach of a contract or another agreement between persons.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.21 to 2133.26
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
A person who holds a certificate of authority to practice as a certified nurse practitioner (CNP) or clinical nurse specialist (CNS) issued under section 4723.42 of the Revised Code may take any action that may be taken by an attending physician under sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code and this chapter and has the immunity provided by section 2133.22 of the Revised Code and rule 3701-62-03 of the Administrative Code if the action is taken pursuant to a standard care arrangement with a collaborating physician.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.211
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
(A) Persons with DNR identification.
(1) None of the persons listed in paragraph (A)(2) of this rule are subject to any of the following arising out of or relating to the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from a person after DNR identification is discovered in the person’s possession and reasonable efforts have been made to determine that the person in possession of the DNR identification is the person named on the DNR identification:
(a) Criminal prosecution;
(b) Liability in damages in a tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property; or
(c) Professional disciplinary action.
(2) The immunity described in paragraph (A)(1) of this rule attaches to the following persons:
(a) A physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, who causes the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from the person possessing the DNR identification;
(b) A person who participates under the direction of or with the authorization of a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, in the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from the person possessing the DNR identification; or
(c) Any emergency medical services personnel who cause or participate in the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from the person possessing the DNR identification.
(3) Paragraph (A) of this rule does not apply when CPR is withheld or withdrawn from a person who possesses DNR identification or for whom a do-not-resuscitate order has been issued unless the withholding or withdrawal is in accordance with the do-not-resuscitate protocol.
(B) Persons in health care facilities.
(1) None of the persons listed in paragraph (B)(2) of this rule are subject to any of the following arising out of or relating to the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from a person in a health care facility after DNR identification is discovered in the person’s possession and reasonable efforts have been made to determine that the person in possession of the DNR identification is the person named on the DNR identification or a do-not-resuscitate order is issued for the person:
(a) Criminal prosecution;
(b) Liability in damages in a tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property; or
(c) Professional disciplinary action.
(2) The immunity described in paragraph (B)(1) of this rule attaches to the following persons:
(a) The health care facility or the administrator of the health care facility;
(b) A physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, who causes the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from the person possessing the DNR identification or for whom the do-not-resuscitate order has been issued;
(c) Any person who works for the health care facility as an employee, contractor, or volunteer and who participates under the direction of or with the authorization of a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, in the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from the person possessing the DNR identification; and
(d) Any person who works for the health care facility as an employee, contractor, or volunteer and who participates under the direction of or with the authorization of a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, in the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from the person for whom the do-not-resuscitate order has been issued.
(3) Paragraph (B) of this rule does not apply when CPR is withheld or withdrawn from a person who possesses DNR identification or for whom a do-not-resuscitate order has been issued unless the withholding or withdrawal is in accordance with the do-not-resuscitate protocol.
(C) For the purposes of paragraphs (A) and (B) of this rule, information that may be used to determine if the person in possession of DNR identification is the person named on the DNR identification include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Verification of the person’s identity by the person or a family member, friend, or caregiver;
(2) Personal knowledge of the person by the emergency medical services personnel, physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, or person working for a health care facility;
(3) Health care facility identification band;
(4) Driver’s license;
(5) Passport; or
(6) Other identification bearing the person’s name and photograph.
(D) Request for CPR by person with DNR identification. If, after DNR identification is discovered in the possession of a person, the person makes an oral or written request to receive CPR, any person who provides CPR pursuant to the request, any health care facility in which CPR is provided, and the administrator of any health care facility in which CPR is provided are not subject to any of the following:
(1) Criminal prosecution as a result of the provision of the CPR;
(2) Liability in damages in a tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that arises out of or is related to the provision of the CPR; or
(3) Professional disciplinary action as a result of the provision of the CPR.
(E) Do-not-resuscitate orders.
(1) None of the persons listed in paragraph (E)(2) of this rule who comply with a do-not-resuscitate order issued by a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, are subject to any of the following:
(a) Liability in damages in a civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that arises out of or is related to compliance with the order;
(b) Criminal prosecution as a result of compliance with the order; or
(c) Professional disciplinary action as a result of compliance with the order.
(2) The immunity described in paragraph (E)(1) of this rule attaches to the following persons:
(a) Any emergency medical services personnel who comply with a do-not-resuscitate order issued by a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code; and
(b) Any individuals who work for a health care facility as employees, contractors, or volunteers and who comply with a do-not-resuscitate order issued by a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code.
(3) Paragraph (E) of this rule does not apply when CPR is withheld or withdrawn from a person who possesses DNR identification or for whom a do-not-resuscitate order has been issued unless the withholding or withdrawal is in accordance with the do-not-resuscitate protocol.
(F) Emergency situations.
(1) In an emergency situation, emergency medical services personnel and emergency department personnel are not required to search a person to determine if the person possesses DNR identification.
(2) If a person possesses DNR identification, if emergency medical services personnel or emergency department personnel provide CPR to the person in an emergency situation, and if, at that time, the personnel do not know and do not have reasonable cause to believe that the person possesses DNR identification, the emergency medical services personnel and emergency department personnel are not subject to any of the following:
(a) Criminal prosecution as a result of the provision of the CPR;
(b) Liability in damages in a tort or other civil action for injury, death, or loss to person or property that arises out of or is related to the provision of the CPR; or
(c) Professional disciplinary action as a result of the provision of the CPR.
(G) Nothing in sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code, this rule, or the do-not-resuscitate protocol grants immunity to a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, for issuing a do-not-resuscitate order that is contrary to reasonable medical standards or that the physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, knows or has reason to know is contrary to the wishes of the patient or of a person who is lawfully authorized to make informed medical decisions on the patient’s behalf.
(H) Pursuant to paragraphs (B) and (C) of rule 3701-62-13 of the Administrative Code, neither paragraph (G) of this rule nor any other provision of this chapter requires provision of CPR to a person if, in the judgment of the attending physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, CPR would be futile, or if the person or another person lawfully authorized to make decisions on behalf of the person declines CPR.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.22
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
(A) The following items are approved as DNR identification:
(1) A do-not-resuscitate order documented on the form depicted in appendix A of this rule. This form may be reproduced as needed;
(2) Documentation on the form depicted in appendix A of this rule that the person named on the form has executed a declaration that authorizes the withholding or withdrawal of CPR and that has not been revoked pursuant to section 2133.04 of the Revised Code and that the declaration has become operative in accordance with section 2133.03 of the Revised Code;
(3) A transparent hospital-type bracelet with an insert as depicted in appendix B of this rule;
(4) A necklace bearing both the logo depicted in appendix C of this rule and the person’s name that is manufactured in accordance with specifications issued by the director of health. The director shall provide in the specifications that the necklaces shall be of uniform size and design. If the person is a “DNR Comfort Care – Arrest” patient as specified in rule 3701-62-05 of the Administrative Code, the necklace shall include the word “arrest” under the logo;
(5) A bracelet bearing both the logo depicted in appendix C of this rule and the person’s name that is manufactured in accordance with specifications issued by the director of health. When issuing specifications for bracelets under this paragraph, the director shall ensure that the bracelets are of uniform size and design. If the person is a “DNR Comfort Care – Arrest” patient as specified in rule 3701-62-05 of the Administrative Code, the bracelet shall include the word “arrest” under the logo;
(6) A wallet card as depicted in appendix D of this rule. This card may be reproduced as needed; and
(7) A printed form of a declaration sold or otherwise distributed in accordance with section 2133.07 of the Revised Code, if the declarant specifies on the form that the declarant wishes to use it as DNR identification.
(B) A person is eligible to obtain DNR identification if either of the following circumstances exist:
(1) The person has executed a declaration that authorizes the withholding or withdrawal of CPR and that has not been revoked pursuant to section 2133.04 of the Revised Code, and the declaration has become operative in accordance with section 2133.03 of the Revised Code; or
(2) The person’s attending physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, has issued a current do-not-resuscitate order, in accordance with the do-not-resuscitate protocol specified in rule 3701-62-05 of the Administrative Code, for that person, and has documented the grounds for the order in that person’s medical record. The do-not-resuscitate order itself may be used as DNR identification if it is documented on the form depicted in appendix A of this rule.
(C) A person may obtain DNR identification in the following manner:
(1) In the case of the form specified in paragraphs (A)(1) and (A)(2) of this rule, by obtaining a copy of the form from a physician, CNP, CNS, or health care facility and completing the form in conjunction with the person’s attending physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code.
(2) In the case of the wallet card specified in paragraph (A)(6) of this rule, by doing both of the following:
(a) Obtaining both the form specified in paragraph (A)(1) of this rule and the wallet card from a physician, CNP, CNS, or health care facility; and
(b) Completing both the form and card in conjunction with the person’s attending physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code.
(3) In the case of the hospital-type bracelet specified in paragraph (A)(3) of this rule, by doing both of the following:
(a) Obtaining a DNR order from the person’s attending physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code; and
(b) Acquiring a bracelet containing a completed insert from a physician, CNP, CNS, health care facility, or pharmacy. The physician, CNP, CNS, facility, or pharmacy shall not issue a bracelet to the person unless the person presents a DNR order.
(4) In the case of the necklace specified in paragraph (A)(4) of this rule and the bracelet specified in paragraph (A)(5) of this rule, by doing both of the following:
(a) Obtaining a DNR order from the person’s attending physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code; and
(b) Acquiring a necklace or bracelet from a person or government entity that manufactures or distributes it. The order for the necklace or bracelet shall be accompanied by a copy of the DNR order.
(5) In the case of a declaration form specified in paragraph (A)(7) of this rule, by obtaining and completing the form in the manner required by sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code and specifying on the form that the declarant wishes to use it as DNR identification. If the declarant wishes to be a “DNR Comfort Care – Arrest” patient, as specified in rule 3701-62-05 of the Administrative Code, the declarant shall include a statement in the declaration that in the event of a cardiac arrest or a respiratory arrest, the declarant is not to receive CPR.
Appendix A DNR Comfort Care
DNR Identification Form
DNRCC
(If this box is checked the DNR Comcort Care Protocol is activated immediately.)
DNRCC-Arrest
(If this box is checked, the DNR Comfort Care Protocol is implemented in the event of a cardiac arrest or a respiratory arrest.)
Patient Name:_____________________________________
Address:__________________________________________
City_________________________ State______________ Zip__________
Birthdate________________________ Gender M F
Signature_________________________________________ (optional)
Certification of DNR Comfort Care Status (to be completed by the physician)
(Check only one box)
Do-Not-Resuscitate Order-My signature below constitutes and confirms a formal order to emergency medical services and other health care personnel that the person identified above is to be treated under the State of Ohio DNR Protocol. I affirm that this order is not contrary to reasonable medical standards or, to the best of my knowledge, contrary to the wishes of the person or of another person who is lawfully authorized to make informed medical decisions on the person’s behalf. I also affirm that I have documented the grounds for this order in the person’s medical record.
Living Will (Declaration) and Qualifying Condition-The person identified above has a valid Ohio Living will (declaration) and has been certified by two physicians in accordance with Ohio law as being terminal or in a permanent unconscious state, or both.
Printed name of physician
*:______________________________
Signature _________________________________ Date_________________________________
Address:__________________________________________ Phone__________________________
City/State________________________________________ Zip______________________________
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A DNA order may be issued by a certified nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist when authorized by section 2133.211 of the Ohio Revised Code.
See reverse side for DNR Protocol
Do not resuscitate comfort care protocol
After the State of Ohio DNR Protocol has been activated for a specific DNR Comfort Care patient, the Protocol specifies that emergency medical services and other health care workers are to do the following:
Will:
Will not:
:”3701-62-04”>* Initiate cardiac monitoring
If you have responded to an emergency situation by initiating any of the will notactions prior to confirming that the DNR Comfort Care Protocol should be activated, discontinue them when you activate the Protocol. You may continue respiratory assistance, IV medications, etc., that have been part of the patient’s ongoing course of treatment for an underlying disease.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.25
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
(A) The appendix of this rule shall constitute the do-not-resuscitate protocol for the state of Ohio.
(B) Under the protocol, a person can be a “DNR Comfort Care” patient or a “DNR Comfort Care-Arrest” patient. For a “DNR Comfort Care” patient, the DNR protocol is activated when a DNR order is issued or when a declaration that includes a directive that the declarant not receive CPR becomes effective under section 2133.03 of the Revised Code. For a “DNR Comfort Care-Arrest” patient, the DNR protocol is activated when the patient experiences cardiac or respiratory arrest.
(C) A “DNR Comfort Care-Arrest” patient is identified by the appropriate indication on the patient’s DNR identification, as specified in rule 3701-62-04 of the Administrative Code, or if the patient does not have DNR identification, by a statement in the DNR order that the event of a cardiac arrest or a respiratory arrest, the patient is not to receive CPR.
Appendix A DNR Comfort Care
The State of Ohio Do-Not-Resuscitate Protocol Approved by the Ohio Department of Health
Patients can be either DNR Comfort Care patients or DNR Comfort Care-Arrest patients. The difference is that for a DNR Comfort Care patient, the State of Ohio DNR Protocol is activated immediately when a DNR order is issued or when a living will requesting no CPR becomes effective, but for a DNR Comfort Care-Arrest patient, the protocol is activated only when the patient experiences a cardiac arrest or a respiratory arrest. Be careful to check the patient’s DNR order or DNR identification to determine which applies.
A DNR Comfort Care or DNR Comfort Care-Arrest patient’s status is confirmed when the patient has one of the following:
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1. A DNR Comfort Care card or form completed for the patient.
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2. A completed State of Ohio living will (declaration) form that states that the patient does not want CPR (in the case of a patient who has been determined by two doctors to be in a terminal or permanently unconscious state).
3. A DNR Comfort Care necklace or bracelet bearing the DNR Comfort Care official logo.
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4. A DNR order signed by the patient’s attending physician or, when authorized by section 2133.211 of the Ohio Revised Code, a certified nurse practitioner (CNP) or clinical nurse specialist (CNS).
5. A verbal DNR order is issued by the patient’s attending physician, CNP, or CNS.
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Copies of these items are sufficient. EMS workers are not required to search a person to see if they have DNR Identification.
If an EMS or other health care worker discovers one of these items in the possession of a patient, the worker must make a reasonable effort to identify DNR patients in appropriate circumstances. Examples of ways to verify identify are:
If you cannot verify the identity of a patient with DNR Identification after reasonable efforts, you still should follow this protocol.
Verification of identity is not required for patients or residents of health care facilities when a DNR order is present on the person’s chart.
EMS personnel who receive a verbal DNR order from a doctor or CNP/CNS must verify the identity of the person issuing the order. Some examples of verification are:
When this protocol is activated for a given DNR Comfort Care patient depends on whether the patient is a DNR Comfort Care patient or a DNR Comfort Care-Arrest patient. For a DNR Comfort Care patient, this protocol is activated when the DNR order is issued or the living will specifying no CPR becomes effective. For a DNR Comfort Care-Arrest patient, the protocol is activated when the patient experiences a cardiac arrest or a respiratory arrest.
“Cardiac arrest” means absence of a palpable pulse. “Respiratory arrest” means absence of spontaneous respirations or presence of agonal breathing.
For patients for whom the DNR Comfort Care protocol is activated, you:
If you have responded to an emergency situation by initiating any of the “will not” actions prior to confirming that the DNR Comfort Care Protocol must be activated, discontinue them when you activate the protocol. You may continue respiratory assistance, IV medications, etc., that have been part of the patient’s ongoing course of treatment for an underlying disease.
The patient always may request resuscitation even if he or she is a DNR Comfort Care patient and this protocol has been activated. The request for resuscitation amounts to a revocation of DNR Comfort Care status.
If family or bystanders request or demand resuscitation for a person for whom the DNR Comfort Care Protocol has been activated, do not proceed with resuscitation. Provide comfort measures as outlined above and try to help the family understand the dying process and the patient’s choice not to be resuscitated.
EMS or other health care personnel who implement the DNR Protocol for a DNR Comfort Care patient should document in their records, in accordance with the policy of their agency or facility:
A DNR order for a patient of a health care facility shall be considered current in accordance with the facility’s policy. A DNR order for a patient outside a health care facility shall be considered current unless discontinued by the patient’s attending physician/CNP/CNS, or revoked by the patient. EMS personnel are not required to research whether a DNR order that appears to be current has been discontinued.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.21 to 2133.26
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
(A) A person with DNR identification or a DNR order may revoke his or her DNR status by an oral or written request to receive CPR.
(B) A person with DNR identification may revoke his or her DNR identification by doing any of the following:
(1) In the case of a form or wallet card listed in paragraph (A)(1), (A)(2), or (A)(6) of rule 3701-62-04 of the Administrative Code, by destroying the form or wallet card;
(2) In the case of a bracelet or necklace, by permanently removing the bracelet or necklace; or
(3) In the case of a declaration that includes a specification that the declarant wishes to use it as DNR identification, by revoking the declaration in accordance with section 2133.04 of the Revised Code.
(C) The attending physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, of a person with a DNR order may revoke the DNR order by issuing an order discontinuing the DNR order. If DNR identification was issued on the basis of the DNR order, any revocation of the DNR identification shall be accomplished under paragraph (B) of this rule.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.35
Rule Amplifies: 2133.21 to 2133.26
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
(A) If emergency medical services personnel, other than physicians, or CNPS or CNSS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, are presented with DNR identification possessed by a person or are presented with a written do-not-resuscitate order for a person or if a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, directly issues to emergency medical services personnel, other than physicians, or CNPS or CNSS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, an oral do-not-resuscitate order for a person, the emergency medical services personnel shall comply with the do-not-resuscitate protocol for the person.
(B) If an oral do-not-resuscitate order is issued by a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, who is not present at the scene, the emergency medical services personnel shall verify the physician’s, or CNP’s or CNS’s identity. Methods of verification include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Personal knowledge of the physician, CNP, or CNS by emergency medical services personnel;
(2) A list of physicians, CNPs, and CNSs with other identifying information such as addresses; or
(3) A return telephone call to verify information provided.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.23
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
If a person possesses DNR identification and if the person’s attending physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, or the health care facility in which the person is located is unwilling or unable to comply with the do-not-resuscitate protocol for the person, the attending physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, or the health care facility shall not prevent or attempt to prevent, or unreasonably delay or attempt to delay, the transfer of the person to a different physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, who will follow the protocol or to a different health care facility in which the protocol will be followed.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.23
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
(A) If a person who possesses DNR identification or for whom a current do-not-resuscitate order has been issued is being transferred from one health care facility to another, before or at the time of the transfer, the transferring health care facility shall notify the receiving health care facility and the persons transporting the person of the existence of the DNR identification or the order.
(B) If a current do-not-resuscitateorder was issued orally, it shall be reduced to writing before the time of the transfer. The DNR identification or the order shall accompany the person to the receiving health care facility and shall remain in effect unless it is revoked or unless, in the case of a do-not-resuscitateorder, the order no longer is current.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.25
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
(A) If a principal has both a valid durable power of attorney for health care and a DNR identification that is based upon a valid declaration and if the declaration supersedes the durable power of attorney for health care under division (B) of section 2133.03 of the Revised Code, the DNR identification supersedes the durable power of attorney for health care to the extent of any conflict between the two.
(B) A valid durable power of attorney for health care supersedes any DNR identification that is based upon a do-not-resuscitate order that a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, issued for the principal which is inconsistent with the durable power of attorney for health care or a valid decision by the attorney in fact under a durable power of attorney.
(C) A declaration supersedes a DNR identification of the declarant that is based upon a prior, inconsistent declaration of the declarant or that is based upon a do-not-resuscitate order that a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, has issued for the declarant and that is inconsistent with the declaration.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 1337.12, 2133.03
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
(A) The death of a person resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of CPR for the person pursuant to the do-not-resuscitate protocol and in the circumstances described in section 2133.22 of the Revised Code and rule 3701-62-03 of the Administrative Code or in accordance with division (A) of section 2133.23 of the Revised Code and rule 3701-62-06 of the Administrative Code does not constitute for any purpose a suicide, aggravated murder, murder, or any other homicide.
(B) Nothing in sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code or this chapter condones, authorizes, or approves of mercy killing, assisted suicide, or euthanasia.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.24
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
(A) If a person possesses DNR identification or if a current do-not-resuscitate order has been issued for a person, the possession or order shall not do either of the following:
(1) Affect in any manner the sale, procurement, issuance, or renewal of a policy of life insurance or annuity, notwithstanding any term of a policy or annuity to the contrary;
(2) Be deemed to modify in any manner or invalidate the terms of any policy of life insurance or annuity that is in effect on July, 9, 1998.
(B) Notwithstanding any term of a policy of life insurance or annuity to the contrary, the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from a person who is insured or covered under the policy or annuity and who possesses DNR identification or for whom a current do-not-resuscitate order has been issued, in accordance with sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code and this chapter, shall not impair or invalidate any policy of life insurance or annuity.
(C) Notwithstanding any term of a policy or plan to the contrary, neither of the following shall impair or invalidate any policy of health insurance or other health care benefit plan:
(1) The withholding or withdrawal, in accordance with sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code and this chapter, of CPR from a person who is insured or covered under the policy or plan and who possesses DNR identification or for whom a current do-not-resuscitate order has been issued;
(2) The provision, in accordance with sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code and this chapter, of CPR to a person of the nature described in paragraph (C)(1) of this rule.
(D) No physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code,, health care facility, other health care provider, person authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code, health insuring corporation, other health care benefit plan, legal entity that is self-insured and provides benefits to its employees or members, or other person shall require an individual to possess DNR identification, or shall require an individual to revoke or refrain from possessing DNR identification, as a condition of being insured or of receiving health care benefits or services.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.24
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
(A) Sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code and this chapter do not create any presumption concerning the intent of an individual who does not possess DNR identification with respect to the use, withholding, or withdrawal of CPR.
(B) Sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code and this chapter do not affect the right of a person to make informed decisions regarding the use, withholding, or withdrawal of CPR for the person as long as the person is able to make those decisions.
(C) Sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code and this chapter are in addition to and independent of, and do not limit, impair, or supersede, any right or responsibility that a person has to effect the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment to another pursuant to sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code or in any other lawful manner.
(D) Pursuant to division (A)(1) of section 2133.02 of the Revised Code, a person’s declaration may include a specific authorization for the use or continuation or the withholding or withdrawal of CPR, but the failure to include a specific authorization for the withholding or withdrawal of CPR does not preclude the withholding or withdrawal of CPR in accordance with sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 (pertaining to declarations) or sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code (pertaining to DNR orders and identification).
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.24
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999
(A) No physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, shall purposely prevent or attempt to prevent, or delay or unreasonably attempt to delay, the transfer of a patient in violation of division (B) of section 2133.23 of the Revised Code and rule 3701-62-08 of the Administrative Code.
(B) No person shall purposely conceal, cancel, deface, or obliterate the DNR identification of another person without the consent of the other person.
(C) No person shall purposely falsify or forge a revocation of a declaration that is the basis of the DNR identification of another person or purposely falsify or forge an order of a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, that purports to supersede a do-not-resuscitate order issued for another person.
(D) No person shall purposely falsify or forge the DNR identification of another person with the intent to cause the use, withholding, or withdrawal of CPR for the other person.
(E) No person who has personal knowledge that another person has revoked a declaration that is the basis of the other person’s DNR identification or personal knowledge that a physician, or CNP or CNS as provided in rule 3701-62-02 of the Administrative Code, has issued an order that supersedes a do-not-resuscitate order that the physician, CNP, or CNS issued for another person shall purposely conceal or withhold that personal knowledge with the intent to cause the use, withholding, or withdrawal of CPR for the other person.
(F) Pursuant to section 2133.25 of the Revised Code, whoever violates paragraph (A) or (E) of this rule is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree. Whoever violates paragraph (B), (C), or (D) of this rule is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.
R.C. 119.032 review dates: 04/30/2004 and 04/30/2009
Promulgated Under: 119.03
Statutory Authority: 2133.25
Rule Amplifies: 2133.26
Prior Effective Dates: 5/20/1999