2016 Code of Alabama
Title 22 - HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL.
Title 1 - HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL GENERALLY.
Chapter 8A - TERMINATION OF LIFE-SUPPORT PROCEDURES.
Section 22-8A-4.1 - Validity of DNAR orders; adoption of rules.
(a) A completed DNAR order that is properly entered and received is deemed a valid order.
(b) (1) The State Board of Health shall adopt by rule the form to be used for a portable DNAR order.
(2) The State Board of Health and the Board of Medical Examiners may adopt rules to implement this section and the amendments made to Sections 22-8A-2, 22-8A-3, 22-8A-7, and 22-8A-8 by Act 2016-96. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Medical Examiners shall have exclusive authority to adopt rules relating to physicians in implementing this section and the amendments made to Sections 22-8A-2, 22-8A-3, 22-8A-7, and 22-8A-8 by Act 2016-96.
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