50-10-103. Adherence to do not resuscitate protocol -- transfer of patients. (1) Emergency medical services personnel other than physicians shall comply with the do not resuscitate protocol when presented with either do not resuscitate identification, an oral do not resuscitate order issued directly by a physician, or a written do not resuscitate order entered on a form prescribed by the department.
     (2) An attending physician or a health care facility unwilling or unable to comply with the do not resuscitate protocol shall take all reasonable steps to transfer a person possessing DNR identification to another physician or to a health care facility in which the do not resuscitate protocol will be followed.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 581, L. 1991.