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Advisory committee - 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5488

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     § 5488.  Advisory committee.
        (a)  Establishment.--Within 60 days of the effective date of
     this section, the department shall establish a committee to
     assist it in determining the advisability of using a
     standardized form containing orders by qualified physicians that
     detail the scope of medical treatment for patients' life-
     sustaining wishes.
        (b)  Membership.--The committee shall include representatives
     from the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the Hospital and Health
     System Association of Pennsylvania, the Joint State Government
     Commission's Advisory Committee on Decedents' Estates Laws, the
     Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Department of Aging, the
     Department of Public Welfare and other interested persons at the
     department's discretion.
        (c)  Scope of review.--The committee's review shall include,
     but not be limited to, examination of the following:
            (1)  The need to adopt this type of standardized form in
        view of the existing use of do-not-resuscitate orders.
            (2)  The use and evaluation of use of such forms in other
        states.
            (3)  Any other matters determined by the department to be
        relevant to its determination.

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