Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2133 - Modified Uniform Rights Of The Terminally Ill Act And The Dnr Identification And Do-not-resuscitate Order Law

• Section 2133.01 - Modified Uniform Rights Of Terminally Ill Act Definitions.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code: (A) "Adult" means an individual who is eighteen...
• Section 2133.02 - Declaration Relating To Use Of Life-sustaining Treatment.
  (A) (1) An adult who is of sound mind voluntarily may execute at any time a declaration governing the use or continuation, or the...
• Section 2133.03 - When Declaration Operative.
  (A) (1) A declaration becomes operative when it is communicated to the attending physician of the declarant, the attending physician and one other physician...
• Section 2133.04 - Revocation Of Declaration.
  (A) A declarant may revoke a declaration at any time and in any manner. The revocation shall be effective when the declarant expresses an...
• Section 2133.05 - Duty Of Attending Physician.
  (A) If the attending physician of a declarant and one other physician who examines the declarant determine that the declarant is in a terminal...
• Section 2133.06 - Patient To Make Decisions On Use Of Life-sustaining Treatment.
  (A) As long as a qualified patient is able to make informed decisions regarding the administration of life-sustaining treatment, the qualified patient may continue...
• Section 2133.07 - Using Pre-printed Form.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Anatomical gift" has the same meaning as in section 2108.01 of the Revised Code. (2) "DNR identification"...
• Section 2133.08 - Consenting To Withholding Or Withdrawing Life-sustaining Treatment From Patient.
  (A) (1) If written consent to the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment, witnessed by two individuals who satisfy the witness eligibility criteria set...
• Section 2133.09 - Withholding Or Withdrawing Nutrition And Hydration From Patient Who Has Been In Permanently Unconscious State For At Least 12 Months.
  (A) The attending physician of a patient who is an adult and who currently is and for at least the immediately preceding twelve months...
• Section 2133.10 - Transfer Of Patients.
  (A) An attending physician who, or a health care facility in which a qualified patient or other patient is confined that, is not willing...
• Section 2133.11 - Immunities.
  (A) Subject to division (D) of this section, an attending physician, consulting physician, health care facility, and health care personnel acting under the direction...
• Section 2133.12 - Miscellaneous Provisions.
  (A) The death of a qualified patient or other patient resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment in accordance with sections 2133.01...
• Section 2133.13 - When Health Care Provider May Presume Validity Of Declaration.
  In the absence of actual knowledge to the contrary and if acting in good faith, an attending or consulting physician, other health care personnel,...
• Section 2133.14 - Recognition Of Declaration Executed In Another State.
  A declaration executed under the law of another state in compliance with that law or in substantial compliance with sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of...
• Section 2133.15 - Document Executed Prior To Effective Date Of Provisions.
  (A) Sections 2133.01 to 2133.15 of the Revised Code apply to any written document that was executed anywhere prior to October 10, 1991, that...
• Section 2133.16 - Making Anatomical Gift In Declaration Or Living Will.
  (A) As used in this section: (1) "Anatomical gift" and "donor" have the same meanings as in section 2108.01 of the Revised Code. (2)...
• Section 2133.21 - Dnr Identification And Do-not-resuscitate Order Law Definitions.
  As used in sections 2133.21 to 2133.26 of the Revised Code, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (A) "Attending physician" means the physician to...
• Section 2133.211 - Authority And Immunity Of Nurses And Physician Assistants.
  A person who holds a certificate of authority as a certified nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist issued under Chapter 4723. of the Revised...
• Section 2133.22 - Immunities.
  (A) (1) None of the following are subject to criminal prosecution, to liability in damages in a tort or other civil action for injury,...
• Section 2133.23 - Compliance With Dnr Order.
  (A) If emergency medical services personnel, other than physicians, are presented with DNR identification possessed by a person or are presented with a written...
• Section 2133.24 - Miscellaneous Provisions.
  (A) The death of a person resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of CPR for the person pursuant to the do-not-resuscitate protocol and in...
• Section 2133.25 - Standardized Method Of Procedure For The Withholding Of Cpr By Physicians, Emergency Medical Services Personnel, And Health Care Facilities.
  (A) The department of health, by rule adopted pursuant to Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, shall adopt a standardized method of procedure for...
• Section 2133.26 - Prohibited Acts.
  (A) (1) No physician shall purposely prevent or attempt to prevent, or delay or unreasonably attempt to delay, the transfer of a patient in...

Last modified: October 10, 2016