2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 26 - HEALTH AND VITAL STATISTICS
Section 26:2H-132 - Encouragement of public awareness, understanding of POLST form.
26:2H-132 Encouragement of public awareness, understanding of POLST form.
4.It shall be the public policy of this State to encourage public awareness and understanding of the Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment form as a means of enabling patients in this State to indicate their preferences for health care through the use of a completed POLST form as a complementary measure to the use of an advance directive, or in lieu of an advance directive if the patient has not executed such a document, in accordance with the provisions of this act.
L.2011, c.145, s.4.
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