MI HB5479

Amends the Michigan do-not-resuscitate procedure act to specify that paramedics, emergency medical technicians, physicians, nurses, medical first responders, and respiratory therapists must determine if a patient outside a hospital has vital signs, regardless of whether they observe a do-not-resuscitate order.

Requires health professionals to refrain from resuscitation attempts if they determine a patient has no vital signs and the patient is wearing a do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet or the professional has actual notice of a do-not-resuscitate order, subject to new Section 11a.

Establishes Section 11a to require health professionals to comply with the most recent order when they have actual notice of both a do-not-resuscitate order and a validly executed POST (Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment) form under Michigan's public health code.

Defines "POST form" as that term is defined in Section 5674 of the Michigan public health code (MCL 333.5674).

Takes effect 90 days after enactment and is conditioned on the passage of House Bill No. 5482.