§ 35-22-508 — Revocation of POLST form

Wyoming § 35-22-508

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 35: Public Health and Safety
• Ch. 22: LIVING WILL
• Art. 5: PROVIDER ORDERS FOR LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT

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(a) An individual's consent to all or part of a POLST form
may be revoked at any time and in any manner that communicates
the individual's intent to revoke. Any oral revocation shall,
as soon as possible after the revocation, be documented in a
writing signed and dated by the individual or a witness to the
revocation.
(b) An agent, guardian or surrogate who created a POLST
form for a patient may revoke all or part of the POLST form at
any time in writing signed by the agent, guardian or surrogate.
(c) A health care professional, agent, guardian or
surrogate who is informed of a revocation shall promptly
communicate the fact of the revocation to the patient's primary
care physician, the current supervising health care professional
and any health care facility at which the patient is receiving
care.
(d) Upon revocation, the POLST form shall be void.