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AS 13.52.090 AS 13.52.130 AS 13.52.160 7 AAC 16.020. Department-approved DNR program. The department adopts by reference the department’s Provider Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Program, dated January 4, 2024, as its standards for the department-approved do-not-resuscitate (DNR) protocol. (Eff. 10/10/96, Register 140; am 5/6/2021, Register 238; am 5/26/2024, Register 250) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 13.52.060 AS 13.52.065 Editor’s note: A copy of the Provider Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Program, adopted by reference in

7 AAC 16.020, may be accessed online at https://doh.alaska.gov/dph/Emergency/Pages/ems/programs/Alaska-Provider-Orders-forLife-Sustaining-T reatment.aspx, or may be reviewed at the State of Alaska, Department of Health, Division of Public Health, Section of Rural and Community Health Systems, 3601 C Street, Suite 424, Anchorage, AK 99503. 7 AAC 16.090. Definitions. In this chapter

(1) “CPR” has the meaning given “cardiopulmonary resuscitation” in AS 13.52.390;

(2) “department” means the Department of Health;

(3) “DNR order” has the meaning given “do-not-resuscitate order” in AS 13.52.39;

(4) “MOLST” means medical orders for life sustaining treatment, including DNR orders and other orders that specify a patient’s wishes for other life sustaining treatment;

(5) “POLST” means provider orders for life sustaining treatment, including DNR orders and other orders that specify a patient’s wishes for other life sustaining treatment; for purposes of this paragraph, “provider” or “health care provider” means a licensed physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or attending physician assistant;