MI HB4174

Amends the do-not-resuscitate order law to clarify that health professionals must first determine if a declarant has vital signs before checking for a do-not-resuscitate order or identification bracelet.

Requires health professionals (paramedics, EMTs, physicians, nurses, medical first responders, respiratory therapists, and physician's assistants) to refrain from resuscitation attempts only when the declarant has no vital signs and is wearing a do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet or there is actual notice of a valid order.

Establishes that if a POST form (Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment) exists and is more recent than a do-not-resuscitate order, health professionals must comply with the POST form instead.

Adds comprehensive definitions to the statute including "actual notice," "declarant," "identification bracelet," and other relevant terms.

Becomes effective February 6, 2018, contingent upon House Bill 4170 also being enacted into law.