Is MOST valid without the signature of a physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner?
No. MOST is a medical order and must bear the signature of the physician, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner issuing the order. Back to top • How do physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners and health care facilities obtain MOST forms? Beginning January 15, 2008, the MOST form will be available through the Office of Emergency Medical Services, North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services: http://www.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/EMS/dnrmost.html. Back to top • When can a patient representative authorize and sign a MOST? A patient representative may authorize and sign a MOST, only when the patient is no longer able to make or communicate decisions. Who serves as the patient representative is determined by the hierarchy in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-322, which appears in Section E on the MOST form. Back to top • Should patients or their representatives be presented a MOST form when they come into an emergency department of a hospital? No. The MOST form is not designed to be fi
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