New Jersey § 26:2h-135

§ 26:2h-135.

a. If the goals of care of a patient with a completed POLST form change, the patient's

attending physician , physician assistant, or APN may, after conducting an evaluation of the patient and after obtaining informed

consent from the patient or, if the patient has lost decision-making capacity, the

patient's representative in accordance with subsection d. of this section, issue a

new order that modifies or supersedes the completed POLST form consistent with the

most current information available about the patient's health status and goals of

care. b. A patient with decision-making capacity, may, at any time, modify or revoke the

patient's completed POLST form or otherwise request alternative treatment to the treatment

that was ordered on the form. c. If the orders in a patient's completed POLST form regarding the use of any intervention

specified therein conflict with the patient's more recent verbal or written directive

to the patient's attending physician , physician assistant, or APN, then the physician , physician assistant, or APN shall honor the more recent directive from the patient in accordance with

the provisions of subsection e. of this section. d. The POLST form shall provide the patient with the choice to authorize the patient's

representative to revoke or modify the patient's completed POLST form if the patient

loses decision-making capacity. If the patient so authorizes the patient's representative, the patient's representative

may, at any time after the patient loses decision-making capacity and after consultation

with the patient's attending physician or APN, request the physician , physician assistant, or APN to modify or revoke the completed POLST form, or otherwise request alternative

treatment to the treatment that was ordered on the form, as the patient's representative

deems necessary to reflect the patient's health status or goals of care. If the patient does not authorize the patient's representative to revoke or modify

the patient's completed POLST form, the patient's representative may not revoke or

modify the patient's completed POLST form. e. A verbal or written request by a patient or the patient's representative to modify

or revoke a patient's completed POLST form, in accordance with the provisions of this

section, shall be effectuated once the patient's attending physician , physician assistant, or APN has signed the POLST form attesting to that request for modification or revocation.