Bill Text: VA HB1531 | 2017 | Regular Session | Prefiled

Virginia House Bill 1531 (Prior Session Legislation)

Prefiled

Bill Title: Department of Health; regulations governing Other Do Not Resuscitate Orders.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-07 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions [HB1531 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2017-HB1531-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1531 Offered January 11, 2017 Prefiled December 27, 2016 A BILL to require the Department of Health to amend regulations governing Other Do Not Resuscitate Orders. ---------- Patron-- Farrell (By Request) ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. That the Department of Health shall amend regulations governing written physician's orders not to resuscitate a patient in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest made on a form other than the authorized state standardized Durable DNR Form under policies and procedures of the health care facility to which the person who is the subject of the order has been admitted, also known as Other Durable Do Not Resuscitate Orders, to require signed and witnessed informed consent to such orders.