Section 1-6 - Responsibilities (a) A Primary Health Care Provider who is completing a POLST Form with a patient shall ensure that the patient: - (i) Receives an explanation of the expected consequences of choices made for each section of the POLST Form;
- (ii) Is informed that if the POLST Form is not apparent and immediately available, interventions may be initiated by EMS personnel; and
- (iii) Receives an explanation of how and by whom the POLST Form may be revoked or changed.
(b) The person executing a POLST Form is: - (i) Responsible for making informed decisions concerning the choices made within each section of the POLST Form;
- (ii) Encouraged to post the completed POLST Form in a visible location in their place of residence; and
- (iii) Responsible for notifying family members, next of kin, and the surrogate named within the POLST Form, of the existence of a completed POLST Form.