Colorado § 15-18.6-102 - CPR directives for CPR - who may execute.
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§ 15-18.6-102. CPR directives for CPR - who may execute.
Any adult over age eighteen who has the decisional capacity to provide informed consent to or refusal of medical treatment or any other person who is, pursuant to the laws of this state or any other state, authorized to make medical treatment decisions on behalf of an adult who lacks such decisional capacity, may execute a CPR directive. After a physician issues a "do not resuscitate" order for a minor child, and only then, may the parents of the minor, if married and living together, the custodial parent or parent with decision-making responsibility for such a decision, or the legal guardian execute a CPR directive.
Source: L. 92: Entire article added, p. 1988, § 3, effective June 4. L. 94: Entire section amended, p. 1058, § 1, effective May 4. L. 98: Entire section amended, p. 1402, § 54, effective February 1, 1999.
ANNOTATION
Morgan county department of human services, acting as guardian, is a "person" authorized to execute a "do not resuscitate" order on behalf of an incapacitated person. People ex rel. Yeager, 93 P.3d 589 (Colo. App. 2004).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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