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.
Kenneth Vercammen 732-572-0500 is an Edison, Middlesex County, NJ trial attorney. Mr. Vercammen is author of the ABA book "Criminal Law Forms" and ABA "Wills and Estate Administration". He has published 125 articles in national and New Jersey publications on criminal, traffic, DWI, probate, estate planning, and litigation topics. To email Ken V, go here: http://www.njlaws.com/ContactKenV.html
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