Expands the definition of “state-authorized portable orders” that are recognized in VA to include specialized forms or identifiers authorized by state law or the state medical board or association.
National POLST Map - POLST
Nearly all states are working to grow adoption of POLST as a way to help patients, families and clinicians dealing with serious progressive illness and/or frailty. This map provides an easy way to access the website for POLST in your state or to contact your state leaders.
This Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Handbook defines the use and execution of state-authorized portable do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) orders and state-authorized orders for life-sustaining treatment by authorized VHA practitioners. AUTHORITY: Title 38 United States Code 7301 and Title 38 Code of Federal Regulation (C.F.R.) 17.38. 2.
Programs in Your State - POLST
SAPO (State Authorized Portable Orders) SMOST (Summary of Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment) For simplicity, “POLST” is commonly used when referring to POLST forms or POLST programs in general. Learn more about the POLST program in your state by clicking on that state in the map above.
State-by-State POLST Forms - Everplans
A Physicians Order for Life Sustaining Treatment (POLST) form is a medical order and is available to people with advanced illnesses — it specifies the type of care a person would like in an emergency medical situation.
December 12, 2023 VHA DIRECTIVE 1004.03(1) 1 ADVANCE CARE PLANNING 1. POLICY . It is Veterans Health Administration (VHA) policy that Department of Veterans Affairs
38 CFR 17.32 -- Informed consent and advance directives.
A state-authorized advance directive is a non-VA DPAHC, living will, mental health directive, or other advance directive document that is legally recognized by a state. The validity of state-authorized advance directives is determined pursuant to applicable state law.
Engaging Your Support Team - Geriatrics and Extended Care
Aug 13, 2024 · State-Authorized Portable Orders. Individual states have Physician orders for life-sustaining treatment (POLST) or medical orders for life-sustaining treatment (MOLST). These are forms which provide guidance about your medical care so that health care professionals can act on immediately in an emergency.
VHA Handbook 1004.04, State-authorized Portable Orders …
Jun 11, 2014 · This Veterans Health Administration (<strong>VHA</strong>) <strong>Handbook</strong> defines the use and execution of state-<strong>authorized</strong> portable do-not-attempt-resuscitation (DNAR) orders and state-<strong>authorized</strong> orders for life-sustaining treatment by <strong>authorized</strong> <strong>VHA</strong> …
1004.04, State-Authorized Portable Orders, dated February 26, 2019) as SAPO must be written based on a goals of care conversation (GoCC) and offered when establishing a life-sustaining treatment (LST) plan.