The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB503, s. 1
1Section
1. 154.17 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.17
(1) "Do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace" means a standardized
3identification bracelet
or necklace that meets the specifications established under s.
4154.27 (1), or that is approved by the department under s. 154.27 (2), that bears the
5inscription "Do Not Resuscitate" and signifies that the wearer is a qualified patient
6who has obtained a do-not-resuscitate order and that the order has not been
7revoked.
AB503, s. 2
8Section
2. 154.19 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.19
(2) (b) 1. Affix to the wrist
or neck of the patient a do-not-resuscitate
10bracelet
or necklace that meets the specifications established under s. 154.27 (1).
AB503, s. 3
11Section
3. 154.19 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.19
(2) (b) 2. Provide an order form from a commercial vendor approved by
13the department under s. 154.27 (2) to permit the patient to order a
14do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace from the commercial vendor.
AB503, s. 4
15Section
4. 154.19 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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1154.19
(3) (b) 2. The do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace appears to have
2been tampered with or removed.
AB503, s. 5
3Section
5. 154.21 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.21
(1) (a) The patient expresses to an emergency medical technician, first
5responder or to a person who serves as a member of an emergency health care
6facility's personnel the desire to be resuscitated. The emergency medical technician,
7first responder or the member of the emergency health care facility shall promptly
8remove the do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace.
AB503, s. 6
9Section
6. 154.21 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.21
(1) (b) The patient defaces, burns, cuts or otherwise destroys the
11do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace.
AB503, s. 7
12Section
7. 154.21 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.21
(1) (c) The patient removes the do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace 14or another person, at the patient's request, removes the do-not-resuscitate bracelet
15or necklace.
AB503, s. 8
16Section
8. 154.225 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.225
(2) (b) The guardian or health care agent defaces, burns, cuts or
18otherwise destroys the do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace.
AB503, s. 9
19Section
9. 154.225 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.225
(2) (c) The guardian or health care agent removes the
21do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace.
AB503, s. 10
22Section
10. 154.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.25
(1) Suicide. Under this subchapter, the withholding or withdrawing of
24resuscitation from a patient wearing a valid do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace
1does not, for any purpose, constitute suicide. Requesting a do-not-resuscitate order
2under this subchapter does not, for any purpose, constitute attempted suicide.
AB503, s. 11
3Section
11. 154.25 (6) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.25
(6) Valid do-not-resuscitate bracelet or necklace. A
5do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace that has not been removed, altered or
6tampered with in any way shall be presumed valid, unless the patient, the patient's
7guardian or the patient's health care agent expresses to the emergency medical
8technician, first responder or emergency health care facility personnel the patient's
9desire to be resuscitated.
AB503, s. 12
10Section
12. 154.27 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
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11154.27 (title)
Specifications and distribution of do-not-resuscitate
12bracelet or necklace.
AB503, s. 13
13Section
13. 154.27 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.27
(1) The department shall establish by rule a uniform standard for the
15size, color, and design of all do-not-resuscitate bracelets
or necklaces. Except as
16provided in sub. (2), the rules shall require that the do-not-resuscitate bracelets
or
17necklaces include the inscription "Do Not Resuscitate"; the name, address, date of
18birth and gender of the patient; and the name, business telephone number and
19signature of the attending physician issuing the order.
AB503, s. 14
20Section
14. 154.27 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.27
(2) The department may approve a do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or
22necklace developed and distributed by a commercial vendor if the bracelet
or
23necklace contains an emblem that displays an internationally recognized medical
24symbol on the front and the words "Wisconsin Do-Not-Resuscitate-EMS" and the
25qualified patient's first and last name on the back. The department may not approve
1a do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace developed and distributed by a commercial
2vendor if the vendor does not require a doctor's order for the bracelet
or necklace prior
3to distributing it to a patient.
AB503, s. 15
4Section
15. 154.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.29
(1) Any person who willfully conceals, defaces or damages the
6do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace of another person without that person's
7consent may be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 30 days
8or both.
AB503, s. 16
9Section
16. 154.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
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154.29
(2) Any person who, with the intent to cause the withholding or
11withdrawal of resuscitation contrary to the wishes of any patient, falsifies, forges or
12transfers a do-not-resuscitate bracelet
or necklace to that patient or conceals the
13revocation under s. 154.21 of a do-not-resuscitate order or any responsible person
14who withholds personal knowledge of a revocation under s. 154.21 shall be fined not
15more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 15 years or both.