POLST order definition

POLST order means an order, on a form designated by the Department of Health
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POLST order means an order, on a form designated by the Department of Health under Section 75-2a-106(5)(a), that gives direction to health care providers, health care facilities, and emergency medical services providers regarding the specific health care decisions of the person to whom the order relates.
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POLST order means an order, on a form designated by the Department of Health 776 and Human Services under Section 75-2a-106, that gives direction to health care providers,
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Examples of POLST order in a sentence

  • A POLST order may be created by or on behalf of a person as described in this section.

  • The target mass formula was 9.00 g of curing agent, 90.00 g of elastomer, and 10.00 g of HGM.

  • Examples:An elderly male is becoming frail and wants a POLST order to state he does not want resuscitation.

  • Neither party may assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise transfer this Agreement or any right, title or interest therein, without the prior written consent of the other, which may be refused for any reason with or without cause; provided, however, that either party may assign its rights and duties hereunder to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with itself.

  • To the extent that the provisions of a POLST order described in this section conflict with the provisions of an advance health care directive made under Section 75-2a-107, the provisions of the POLST order take precedence.

  • Expands the signatory capability in our current POLST to allow Advance Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) to sign a POLST order.

  • An individual or his or her legal representative can revoke a DNR or POLST order at any time.

  • Such that in a situation where a physician is treating a patient who has a POLST signed by a physician who does not have admitting privileges at a hospital or health care facility, this does not remove the obligation of the physician or other medical provider, such as EMS to honor the POLST order.

  • Our analysis focused on care limiting advance directives because they attempt to limit care in a way that is similar to a POLST order.

  • The Department of Health may make rules, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, to designate health care professionals, in addition to those described in Subsection (2)(b)(ii), who may prepare a POLST order.


More Definitions of POLST order

POLST order means an order, on a form designated by the Department of Health 641 under Section 75-2a-106[(5)(a)], that gives direction to health care providers, health care
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Related to POLST order

  • Payment Order means an instruction of a sender to a receiving bank, transmitted orally, electronically, or in writing, to pay, or to cause another bank to pay, a fixed or determinable amount of money to a beneficiary if the following apply:

  • Final Order means, as applicable, an order or judgment of the Bankruptcy Court or other court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the relevant subject matter that has not been reversed, stayed, modified, or amended, and as to which the time to appeal or seek certiorari has expired and no appeal or petition for certiorari has been timely taken, or as to which any appeal that has been taken or any petition for certiorari that has been or may be filed has been resolved by the highest court to which the order or judgment could be appealed or from which certiorari could be sought or the new trial, reargument, or rehearing shall have been denied, resulted in no modification of such order, or has otherwise been dismissed with prejudice.