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Healthcare Laws and Policies

Legislation

• Health Care Decisions Act

• DNR Act

• H.B. 2944 End-of-Life Care of Residents in Nursing Homes

• WV Health Care Decisions Act - PowerPoint slides

• Management of Intractable Pain Act - H. B. 4275

• Uniform Determination of Death Act

• H.B. 2815 (Continuing Education for End-of-Life Care)

Policies

• Model Policy for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain

• Joint Policy Statement on Pain Management at the End of Life

Advance Care Planning Forms and Tools

• Assessing Decision-Making Capacity

• Assessing Decision-Making Capacity Flowchart

• Mature Minor and Emancipated Minor

• “Job Description” for Medical Power of Attorney Representative and Healthcare Surrogate in West Virginia

• Family Conversations - How to Talk with Your Family and Friends About Future Health Care Decisions

• POST Update: Respecting Patients' Wishes at the End of Life (CLICK HERE for Powerpoint presentation)

• Possible Directives for the Special Directives or Limitations section of the Living Will

• Annotated Bibliography on Outcomes with Feeding Tubes

New Advance Care Bulletins

• DHHR's Obligation to Serve as Health Care Surrogate

• OHFLAC Memo Addressing DNR Issues

• Warning Against Special Directive Attachment
  

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