Can hospitals accept POLST orders from physicians without admitting privileges?
Yes. The Oregon Medical Board issued an administrative rule in 2007 that addresses this issue as follows: 1) A physician or physician assistant licensed pursuant to ORS chapter 677 shall respect the patient’s wishes including life-sustaining treatments. Consistent with the requirements of ORS chapter 127, a physician or physician assistant shall respect and honor life-sustaining treatment orders executed by a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner. The fact that a physician, physician assistant or nurse practitioner who executed a life-sustaining treatment order does not have admitting privileges at a hospital or health care facility where the patient is being treated does not remove the obligation under this section to honor the order. In keeping with ORS chapter 127, a physician or physician assistant shall not be subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability or professional discipline. (2) Should new information on the health of the patient become available the goal
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