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The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB1135,1 1Section 1 . 154.17 (1m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1135,2,72 154.17 (1m) “Do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant" means a standardized
3identification necklace or pendant that meets the specifications established under
4s. 154.28 (1), or that is approved by the department under s. 154.28 (2), that bears
5the inscription “Do Not Resuscitate" and signifies that the wearer is a qualified
6patient who has obtained a do-not-resuscitate order and that the order has not been
7revoked.
AB1135,2 8Section 2 . 154.19 (2) (b) 1m. of the statutes is created to read:
AB1135,2,109 154.19 (2) (b) 1m. Place around the neck of the patient a do-not-resuscitate
10necklace or pendant that meets the specifications established under s. 154.28 (1).
AB1135,3 11Section 3 . 154.19 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1135,2,1512 154.19 (2) (b) 2. Provide an order form from a commercial vendor approved by
13the department under s. 154.27 (2) or 154.28 (2) to permit the patient to order a
14do-not-resuscitate bracelet or a do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant from the
15commercial vendor.
AB1135,4 16Section 4 . 154.19 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1135,2,1817 154.19 (3) (b) 2. The do-not-resuscitate bracelet or do-not-resuscitate
18necklace or pendant
appears to have been tampered with or removed.
AB1135,5
1Section 5. 154.21 (1) (a), (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1135,3,82 154.21 (1) (a) The patient expresses to an emergency medical services
3practitioner, to an emergency medical responder, or to a person who serves as a
4member of an emergency health care facility's personnel the desire to be
5resuscitated. The emergency medical services practitioner, emergency medical
6responder, or the member of the emergency health care facility shall promptly
7remove the do-not-resuscitate bracelet or the do-not-resuscitate necklace or
8pendant
.
AB1135,3,109 (b) The patient defaces, burns, cuts or otherwise destroys the
10do-not-resuscitate bracelet or the do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant.
AB1135,3,1411 (c) The patient removes the do-not-resuscitate bracelet or the
12do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant
or another person, at the patient's request,
13removes the do-not-resuscitate bracelet or the do-not-resuscitate necklace or
14pendant
.
AB1135,6 15Section 6 . 154.225 (2) (a), (b) and (c) of the statutes are amended to read:
AB1135,3,2116 154.225 (2) (a) The guardian or health care agent directs an emergency medical
17services practitioner, an emergency medical responder, or a person who serves as a
18member of an emergency health care facility's personnel to resuscitate the patient.
19The emergency medical services practitioner, the emergency medical responder, or
20the member of the emergency health care facility shall promptly remove the
21do-not-resuscitate bracelet or the do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant.
AB1135,3,2322 (b) The guardian or health care agent defaces, burns, cuts or otherwise destroys
23the do-not-resuscitate bracelet or the do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant.
AB1135,3,2524 (c) The guardian or health care agent removes the do-not-resuscitate bracelet
25or the do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant.
AB1135,7
1Section 7. 154.25 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1135,4,62 154.25 (1) Suicide. Under this subchapter, the withholding or withdrawing of
3resuscitation from a patient wearing a valid do-not-resuscitate bracelet or
4do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant
does not, for any purpose, constitute suicide.
5Requesting a do-not-resuscitate order under this subchapter does not, for any
6purpose, constitute attempted suicide.
AB1135,8 7Section 8 . 154.25 (6d) of the statutes is created to read:
AB1135,4,138 154.25 (6d) Valid do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant. A
9do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant that has not been removed, altered, or
10tampered with in any way shall be presumed valid, unless the patient, the patient's
11guardian, or the patient's health care agent expresses to the emergency medical
12services practitioner, emergency medical responder, or emergency health care
13facility personnel the patient's desire to be resuscitated.
AB1135,9 14Section 9 . 154.28 of the statutes is created to read:
AB1135,4,21 15154.28 Specifications and distribution of do-not-resuscitate necklace
16or pendant.
(1) The department shall establish by rule a uniform standard for the
17size, color, and design of all do-not-resuscitate necklaces or pendants. Except as
18provided in sub. (2), the rules shall require that the do-not-resuscitate necklaces or
19pendants include the inscription “Do Not Resuscitate"; the name, address, date of
20birth, and gender of the patient; and the name, business telephone number, and
21signature of the attending physician issuing the order.
AB1135,5,4 22(2) The department may approve a do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant
23developed and distributed by a commercial vendor if the necklace or pendant
24contains an emblem that displays an internationally recognized medical symbol on
25the front and the words “Wisconsin Do-Not-Resuscitate-EMS" and the qualified

1patient's first and last name on the back. The department may not approve a
2do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant developed and distributed by a commercial
3vendor if the vendor does not require a doctor's order for the necklace or pendant
4prior to distributing it to a patient.
AB1135,10 5Section 10 . 154.29 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1135,5,96 154.29 (1) Any person who willfully conceals, defaces or damages the
7do-not-resuscitate bracelet or the do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant of
8another person without that person's consent may be fined not more than $500 or
9imprisoned for not more than 30 days or both.
AB1135,11 10Section 11 . 154.29 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1135,5,1611 154.29 (2) Any person who, with the intent to cause the withholding or
12withdrawal of resuscitation contrary to the wishes of any patient, falsifies, forges or
13transfers a do-not-resuscitate bracelet or a do-not-resuscitate necklace or pendant
14to that patient or conceals the revocation under s. 154.21 of a do-not-resuscitate
15order or any responsible person who withholds personal knowledge of a revocation
16under s. 154.21 is guilty of a Class F felony.
AB1135,5,1717 (End)
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