Georgia Code, Title 31, Chapter 39 - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

• § 31-39-1 - Legislative Findings and Intent
  The General Assembly finds that although cardiopulmonary resuscitation has proved invaluable in the reversal of sudden, unexpected death, it is appropriate for an attending...
• § 31-39-2 - Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Adult" means any person who is 18 years of age or older, is the parent of...
• § 31-39-3 - Patient Presumed to Consent to Administration of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Patient's Order Not to Resuscitate; Health Care Facilities Not Required to Expand to Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  (a) Every patient shall be presumed to consent to the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest, unless there...
• § 31-39-4 - Persons Authorized to Issue Order Not to Resuscitate
  (a) It shall be lawful for the attending physician to issue an order not to resuscitate pursuant to the requirements of this chapter. Any...
• § 31-39-5 - Cancellation of Order Not to Resuscitate
  (a) An attending physician for whose patient an order not to resuscitate has been issued pursuant to subsection (c), (d), or (e) of Code...
• § 31-39-6 - Revocation of Consent to Order Not to Resuscitate
  (a) A patient may, at any time, revoke his or her consent to an order not to resuscitate by making either a written or...
• § 31-39-6.1 - Form of Order Not to Resuscitate; Bracelet or Necklace; Revocation or Cancellation of Order
  (a) In addition to those orders not to resuscitate authorized elsewhere in this chapter, any physician, health care professional, nurse, physician assistant, caregiver, or...
• § 31-39-7 - Liability of Persons Carrying Out in Good Faith Decisions Regarding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Notification of Next of Kin or Authorized Person of Patient by Physician Refusing to Comply With Order Not to Resuscitate
  (a) No physician, health care professional, nurse, physician assistant, caregiver, health care facility, other licensed facility, emergency medical technician, or person employed by, acting...
• § 31-39-8 - Effect of Order Not to Resuscitate on Life Insurance Policies
  (a) No policy of life insurance shall be legally impaired, modified, or invalidated in any manner by the issuance of an order not to...
• § 31-39-9 - Effect of Chapter on Legal Rights and Responsibilities; Right of Court to Approve Order Not to Resuscitate
  (a) Nothing in this chapter shall impair or supersede any legal right or legal responsibility which any person may have to effect the withholding...

Last modified: October 14, 2016