Missouri § 190.621 - Penalty for concealing or falsifying an order.
Full text of Missouri Revised Statutes of Missouri § 190.621 — Penalty for concealing or falsifying an order., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 190.621. Penalty for concealing or falsifying an order.
1. Any person who knowingly conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order or the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate identification of another person without the consent of the other person, or who knowingly falsifies or forges a revocation of the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order or the outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate identification of another person, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
2. Any person who knowingly executes, falsifies, or forges an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order or an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate identification of another person without the consent of the other person, or who knowingly conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation of an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate order or an outside the hospital do-not-resuscitate identification of another person, is guilty of a class E felony.
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(L. 2007 H.B. 182, A.L. 2014 S.B. 491)
Effective 1-01-17
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Source: official Missouri text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 190.621 ("Penalty for concealing or falsifying an order.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, the codified statutory law of Missouri. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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