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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 02-1486

NOTICES

Public Hearing to Solicit Comments for Regulations on Do-Not-Resuscitate Orders and Advance Declarations

[32 Pa.B. 4208]

   The Department of Health (Department) will hold a public hearing on September 12, 2002, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Room 327, Health and Welfare Building, Seventh and Forster Streets, Harrisburg, PA.

   The purpose of the public hearing is to solicit comments on proposed and interim regulations to be promulgated by the Department under Act 59 of 2002 (Act 59).

   Act 59 amends the Advance Directive for Health Care Act (Advance Directive Act) and establishes the Do-Not-Resuscitate Act (DNR Act). The amendments to the Advance Directive Act revise requirements under which emergency medical services (EMS) personnel are to implement a patient's advance declaration directing that the patient not be resuscitated. The DNR Act establishes standards for and procedures by which a patient's attending physician may provide a patient with an out-of-hospital do-not-resuscitate order, bracelet or necklace that EMS personnel are to honor.

   Act 59 was signed into law on June 19, 2002, and went into effect on August 18, 2002. It requires the Department to promulgate interim regulations to aid in the implementation of Act 59 by December 16, 2002, and to conduct a public hearing prior to the adoption of interim regulations.

   The Department plans to conduct the public hearing as an open discussion among the persons attending. To ensure that the room size and layout are adequate, the Department requests that persons planning to attend the public hearing contact Yvonne Cooper by September 5, 2002. It is the Department's preference that Yvonne Cooper be contacted by e-mail at ycooper@state.pa.us.

   The Department anticipates that it will have prepared a preliminary draft of regulations prior to the public hearing. Persons interested in securing a copy of the preliminary draft should contact Yvonne Cooper to request a copy.

   Interested persons may submit written comments to Yvonne Cooper, Emergency Medical Services Office, 1032 Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 787-8740, fax (717) 772-0910. Attendance at the public hearing is not a prerequisite.

   Persons with a disability who wish to attend the meeting and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodations to do so should contact Yvonne Cooper or for speech or hearing impaired persons at V/TT (717) 783-6514 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at (800) 654-5984 (TT). Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this notice or the preliminary draft regulations should also contact Yvonne Cooper.

   The hearing is subject to cancellation without notice. If the public hearing needs to be moved to another location based upon the number of persons attending, an appro-priate notice will be posted in the lobby of the Health and Welfare Building on the day of the hearing.

ROBERT S. ZIMMERMAN, Jr.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-1486. Filed for public inspection August 23, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]


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