Ohio § 2133.07

Full text of Ohio Ohio Revised Code § 2133.07, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 2133.07.

(A) As used in this section, “DNR identification” has the same meaning as in section 2133.21 of the Revised Code . (B) A printed form of a declaration may be sold or otherwise distributed in this state

for use by adults who are not advised by an attorney.  By use of a printed form of that nature, a declarant may authorize the use or continuation,

or the withholding or withdrawal, of life-sustaining treatment should the declarant

be in a terminal condition, a permanently unconscious state, or either a terminal

condition or a permanently unconscious state, may authorize the withholding or withdrawal

of nutrition or hydration should the declarant be in a permanently unconscious state

as described in division (A)(3)(a) of section 2133.02 of the Revised Code , and may designate one or more persons who are to be notified by the declarant's

attending physician at any time that life-sustaining treatment would be withheld or

withdrawn pursuant to the declaration.  The printed form shall not be used as an instrument for granting any other type

of authority or for making any other type of designation, except that the printed

form may be used as a DNR identification if the declarant specifies on the form that

the declarant wishes to use it as a DNR identification. (C)(1) A printed form of a declaration under division (B) of this section shall include,

as a separate page or as a portion of a page that can be detached from the declaration,

a donor registry enrollment form that permits the donor to be included in the donor

registry created under section 2108.23 of the Revised Code . (2) The donor registry enrollment form may be in any form that complies with the requirements

of division (B) of section 2108.05 of the Revised Code .  On completion, the form shall be forwarded to the bureau of motor vehicles.

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