Michigan Compiled Laws Act 193 Of 1996 Michigan Do-not-resuscitate Procedure Act (333.1051 - 333.1067)

• Section 333.1051 Short Title.
  This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Michigan do-not-resuscitate procedure act”. History: 1996, Act 193, Eff. Aug. 1, 1996
• Section 333.1052 Definitions.
  As used in this act: (a) "Actual notice" includes the physical presentation of an order, a revocation of an order, or other written document...
• Section 333.1053 Execution Of Order; Authorized Persons; Form; Printed Or Typed Names; Signatures; Witness; Identification Bracelet; Possession; Access.
  (1) Subject to section 5, an individual who is 18 years of age or older and of sound mind may execute a do-not-resuscitate order...
• Section 333.1053a Execution Of Order By Guardian On Behalf Of Ward; Form; Signatures; Printed Or Typed Names; Witness; Identification Bracelet; Possession; Access.
  (1) A guardian with the power to execute a do-not-resuscitate order under section 5314 of the estates and protected individuals code, 1998 PA 386,...
• Section 333.1054 Execution Of Order; Form; Language.
  A do-not-resuscitate order executed under section 3 or 3a shall include, but is not limited to, the following language, and shall be in substantially...
• Section 333.1055 Persons Depending On Spiritual Means Through Prayer For Healing; Execution Of Order; Form; Signatures; Printed Or Typed Names; Witness; Identification Bracelet; Possession; Access.
  (1) An individual who is 18 years of age or older, of sound mind, and an adherent of a church or religious denomination whose...
• Section 333.1056 Execution Of Order Under Mcl 333.1055; Form.
  A do-not-resuscitate order executed for an adherent of a church or religious denomination under section 5 shall include, but is not limited to, the...
• Section 333.1057 Identification Bracelet.
  (1) A do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet shall possess features that make it clearly recognizable as a do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet including, but not limited to, all...
• Section 333.1058 Copy Of Order As Permanent Medical Record.
  An attending physician who signs a declarant's do-not-resuscitate order under section 3 or 3a shall immediately obtain a copy or a duplicate of the...
• Section 333.1059 Petition For Review Of Order.
  If a person interested in the welfare of the declarant has reason to believe that an order has been executed contrary to the wishes...
• Section 333.1060 Revocation Of Order.
  (1) A declarant may revoke an order executed by himself or herself or executed on his or her behalf at any time and in...
• Section 333.1061 Determination By Health Professional.
  (1) One or more of the following health professionals who arrive at a declarant's location outside of a hospital shall determine if the declarant...
• Section 333.1062 Immunity From Civil Or Criminal Liability.
  A person or organization is not subject to civil or criminal liability for withholding resuscitative procedures from a declarant in accordance with this act....
• Section 333.1063 Immunity From Civil Or Criminal Liability; Conditions.
  A person or organization is not subject to civil or criminal liability for either of the following: (a) Attempting to resuscitate an individual who...
• Section 333.1064 Requirement To Execute Order Prohibited.
  A person or organization shall not require the execution of an order as a condition for insurance coverage, admittance to a health care facility,...
• Section 333.1065 Life Insurer; Prohibited Acts.
  A life insurer shall not do any of the following because of the execution or implementation of an order: (a) Refuse to provide or...
• Section 333.1066 Legal Rights Not Impaired Or Superseded; Presumptions.
  (1) The provisions of this act are cumulative and do not impair or supersede a legal right that an individual may have to consent...
• Section 333.1067 Effective Date.
  This act shall take effect August 1, 1996. History: 1996, Act 193, Eff. Aug. 1, 1996

Last modified: October 10, 2016