Revocation of a comfort care order.
A patient, or the patient’s authorized decision-maker or surrogate, may revoke a comfort care order at any time by: Removing, cutting, destroying, defacing, or discarding the comfort care bracelet; Directing another person to remove, cut, destroy, deface, or discard the bracelet in the presence of the patient, authorized decision-maker, or surrogate; or Communicating directly to EMS personnel the patient’s, authorized decision-maker’s, or surrogate’s intent to revoke the comfort care order.
Annotations
Apr. 3, 2001, D.C. Law 13-224, § 6, 48 DCR 27
Sourced from the DC Council Open Law Library (public domain).
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