N.J. Stat. § 26:2H-132

Current through L. 2024, c. 87.
Section 26:2H-132 - Encouragement of public awareness, understanding of POLST form

It shall be the public policy of this State to encourage public awareness and understanding of the Practitioner 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.

N.J.S. § 26:2H-132

Amended by L. 2019, c. 218,s. 5, eff. 8/9/2019.
Added by L. 2011, c. 145,s. 4, eff. 7/1/2012.