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    Nonhospital Orders Not to Resuscitate
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    Consent to a nonhospital order not to resuscitate
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    SECTION 2994-BB

    General provisions

    Public Health (PBH) CHAPTER 45, ARTICLE 29-CCC

    § 2994-bb. General provisions. 1. (a) Emergency medical services
    personnel, home care services agency personnel, hospice personnel, and
    hospital emergency services personnel shall honor nonhospital orders not
    to resuscitate, except as provided in section twenty-nine hundred
    ninety-four-ee of this article.

    (b) A nonhospital order not to resuscitate shall not constitute an
    order to withhold or withdraw treatment other than cardiopulmonary
    resuscitation.

    2. A nonhospital order not to resuscitate may be issued during
    hospitalization to take effect after hospitalization, or may be issued
    for a person who is not a patient in, or a resident of, a hospital.