Ch. 1, § 6

Responsibilities. (a) A Primary Health Care Provider who is completing a POLST Form with a patient shall ensure that the patient: (i) Receives an explanation of the expected consequences of choices made for each section of the POLST Form; (ii) Is informed that if the POLST Form is not apparent and immediately available, interventions may be initiated by EMS personnel; and (iii) Receives an explanation of how and by whom the POLST Form may be revoked or changed. (b) The person executing a POLST Form is: (i) Responsible for making informed decisions concerning the choices made within each section of the POLST Form; (ii) Encouraged to post the completed POLST Form in a visible location in their place of residence; and (iii) Responsible for notifying family members, next of kin, and the surrogate named within the POLST Form, of the existence of a completed POLST Form.