ORS 127.663
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Current — January 1, 2017
As of January 1, 2015
As used in ORS 127.663 to 127.684:
As used in ORS 127.663 to 127.684:
(1) “Authorized user” means a person authorized by the Oregon Health Authority to provide information to or receive information from the POLST registry.
(1) “Authorized user” means a person authorized by the Oregon Health Authority to provide information to or receive information from the POLST registry.
(2) “Life-sustaining treatment” means any medical procedure, pharmaceutical, medical device or medical intervention that maintains life by sustaining, restoring or supplanting a vital function. “Life-sustaining treatment” does not include routine care necessary to sustain patient cleanliness and comfort.
(2) “Life-sustaining treatment” means any medical procedure, pharmaceutical, medical device or medical intervention that maintains life by sustaining, restoring or supplanting a vital function. “Life-sustaining treatment” does not include routine care necessary to sustain patient cleanliness and comfort.
(3) “Nurse practitioner” has the meaning given that term in ORS 678.010.
(3) “Naturopathic physician” has the meaning given the term in ORS 685.010.
(4) “Physician” has the meaning given that term in ORS 677.010.
(4) “Nurse practitioner” has the meaning given that term in ORS 678.010.
(5) “Physician assistant” has the meaning given that term in ORS 677.495.
(5) “Physician” has the meaning given that term in ORS 677.010.
(6) “Physician assistant” has the meaning given that term in ORS 677.495.
(7) “POLST” means a physician order for life-sustaining treatment signed by a physician, naturopathic physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant.
(8) “POLST registry” means the registry established in ORS 127.666.
Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.