2017 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 35 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY
CHAPTER 22 - LIVING WILL
ARTICLE 5 - PROVIDER ORDERS FOR LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT PROGRAM ACT
SECTION 35-22-508 - Revocation of POLST form.
35-22-508. Revocation of POLST form.
(a) An individual's consent to all or part of a POLST form may be revoked at any time and in any manner that communicates the individual's intent to revoke. Any oral revocation shall, as soon as possible after the revocation, be documented in a writing signed and dated by the individual or a witness to the revocation.
(b) An agent, guardian or surrogate who created a POLST form for a patient may revoke all or part of the POLST form at any time in writing signed by the agent, guardian or surrogate.
(c) A health care professional, agent, guardian or surrogate who is informed of a revocation shall promptly communicate the fact of the revocation to the patient's primary care physician, the current supervising health care professional and any health care facility at which the patient is receiving care.
(d) Upon revocation, the POLST form shall be void.
