Section 333.1057 - Identification bracelet.
MICHIGAN DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE PROCEDURE ACT (EXCERPT)
Act 193 of 1996
333.1057 Identification bracelet.
Sec. 7.
(1) A do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet shall possess features that make it clearly recognizable as a do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(a) The identification bracelet shall be imprinted with the words “DO-NOT-RESUSCITATE ORDER”, the name and address of the declarant, and the name and telephone number of the declarant's attending physician, if any.
(b) The words required under subdivision (a) shall be printed in a type size and style that is as easily read as practicable, given the size of the identification bracelet.
(2) An individual shall not apply a do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet to another individual unless he or she knows that the other individual is a declarant. An individual who violates this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $1,000.00, or both.
History: 1996, Act 193, Eff. Aug. 1, 1996