New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions
Section 137-J:1 - Purpose and Policy.

New Hampshire Revised Statutes

Title X - Public Health

Title 137-J - Written Directives for Medical Decision Making for Adults Without Capacity to Make Health Care Decisions

Section 137-J:1 - Purpose and Policy.

Section 137-J:2 - Definitions.

Section 137-J:3 - Freedom From Influence; Notice Required.

Section 137-J:4 - Severability.

Section 137-J:5 - Scope and Duration of Agent's and Surrogate's Authority.

Section 137-J:6 - Requirement to Act in Accordance With Principal's Wishes and Best Interests.

Section 137-J:7 - Attending Practitioner and Health Care Provider's Responsibilities.

Section 137-J:8 - Restrictions on Who May Act as Agent or Surrogate.

Section 137-J:9 - Confidentiality and Access to Protected Health Information.

Section 137-J:10 - Criminal Act Not Construed or Authorized.

Section 137-J:11 - Liability for Health Care Costs.

Section 137-J:12 - Immunity.

Section 137-J:13 - Use of Statutory Forms.

Section 137-J:14 - Execution and Witnesses.

Section 137-J:15 - Revocation.

Section 137-J:16 - Documents Executed Prior to Enactment.

Section 137-J:17 - Reciprocity.

Section 137-J:18 - Naming of Multiple Agents.

Section 137-J:19 - Advance Directive; Disclosure Statement.

Section 137-J:20 - Advance Directive; Durable Power of Attorney and Living Will Forms.

Section 137-J:21 - Effect of Appointment of Guardian; Inconsistency.

Section 137-J:22 - Civil Action.

Section 137-J:23 - Penalty.

Section 137-J:24 - Applicability.

Section 137-J:25 - Presumed Consent to Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; Health Care Providers and Residential Care Providers Not Required to Expand to Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.

Section 137-J:26 - Issuance of a Do Not Resuscitate Order; Order to be Written by the Attending Practitioner.

Section 137-J:27 - Compliance With a Do Not Resuscitate Order.

Section 137-J:28 - Protection of Persons Carrying Out in Good Faith a Do Not Resuscitate Order; Notification of Agent or Surrogate by Attending Practitioner Refusing to Comply With Do Not Resuscitate or POLST Order.

Section 137-J:29 - Revocation or Suspension of Do Not Resuscitate or POLST Order.

Section 137-J:30 - Not Suicide or Murder.

Section 137-J:31 - Interinstitutional Transfers.

Section 137-J:32 - Preservation of Existing Rights.

Section 137-J:33 - Do Not Resuscitate Identification.

Section 137-J:35 - Surrogate Decision-making.

Section 137-J:36 - Determining Priority Among Multiple Surrogates.

Section 137-J:37 - Limitations of Surrogacy.