HOUSE BILL No. 5489


     March 8, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Reeves and referred to the Committee on Family and Civil Law.


        A bill to amend 1996 PA 193, entitled

   "Michigan do-not-resuscitate procedure act,"

   by amending section 2 (MCL 333.1052).

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 2.  As used in this act:

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           (a) "Attending physician" means the physician who has pri-

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      mary responsibility for the treatment and care of a declarant.

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           (b) "Declarant" means a person who has executed a

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      do-not-resuscitate order or on whose behalf a do-not-resuscitate

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      order has been executed  pursuant to  AS PROVIDED IN section 3 or

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      5.

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           (c) "Do-not-resuscitate order" means a document executed

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       pursuant to  AS PRESCRIBED IN section 3 or 5 directing that, in

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      the event that a patient suffers cessation of both spontaneous

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      respiration and circulation in a setting outside of a hospital, a


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      nursing home, or a mental health facility owned or operated by

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      the department of community health,  no  resuscitation will NOT

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      be initiated.

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           (d) "Do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet" or

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      "identification bracelet" means a wrist bracelet that meets the

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      requirements of section 7 and is worn by the declarant while a

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      do-not-resuscitate order is in effect.

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           (e) "Emergency medical technician" means that term as

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      defined in section 20904 of the public health code,  being sec-

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      tion 333.20904 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  MCL 333.20904.

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           (f) "Emergency medical technician specialist" means that

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      term as defined in section 20904 of the public health code, MCL

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      333.20904.

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           (g) "Hospital" means that term as defined in section 20106

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      of the public health code,  being section 333.20106 of the

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      Michigan Compiled Laws  MCL 333.20106.

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           (h) "Medical first responder" means that term as defined in

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      section 20906 of the public health code,  being section 333.20906

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      of the Michigan Compiled Laws  MCL 333.20906.

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           (i) "Nurse" means a licensed practical nurse or a registered

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      professional nurse as defined in section 17201 of the public

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      health code,  being section 333.17201 of the Michigan Compiled

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      Laws  MCL 333.17201.

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           (j) "Order" means a do-not-resuscitate order.

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           (k) "Organization" means a company, corporation, firm, part-

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      nership, association, trust, or other business entity or a

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      governmental agency.



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           (l) "Paramedic" means that term as defined in section 20908

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      of the public health code,  being section 333.20908 of the

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      Michigan Compiled Laws  MCL 333.20908.

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           (m) "Physician" means an individual licensed to engage in

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      the practice of medicine or the practice of osteopathic medicine

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      and surgery pursuant to article 15 of the public health code,

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       being sections 333.16101 to 333.18838 of the Michigan Compiled

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      Laws  MCL 333.16101 TO 333.18838.

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           (n) "Patient advocate" means an individual designated to

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      make medical treatment decisions for a patient under  section 496

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      of the revised probate code, Act No. 642 of the Public Acts of

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      1978, being section 700.496 of the Michigan Compiled Laws 

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      SECTIONS 5506 TO 5512 OF THE ESTATES AND PROTECTED INDIVIDUALS

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      CODE, 1998 PA 386, MCL 700.5506 TO 700.5512.

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           (o) "Public health code" means  Act No. 368 of the Public

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      Acts of 1978, being sections 333.1101 to 333.25211 of the

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      Michigan Compiled Laws  1978 PA 368, MCL 333.1101 TO 333.25211.

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           (p) "Vital sign" means a pulse or evidence of respiration.

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           Enacting section 1.  This amendatory act takes effect April

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      1, 2000.

















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