New Hampshire Statutes
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CHAPTER 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.
Part Advance Directives
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.
Part Do Not Resuscitate
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.
Part Surrogacy
Section: 137-J:34 Repealed by 2021, 176:15, eff. July 30, 2021.
Section: 137-J:35 Surrogate Decision-making.
Section: 137-J:36 Determining Priority Among Multiple Surrogates.
Section: 137-J:37 Limitations of Surrogacy.