Del. Admin. Code tit. 16, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), 4304
Purpose:
These DMOST regulations implement 16 Del.C. Ch. 25A which authorizes the Division of Public Health/Office of Emergency Medical Services, in conjunction with the Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline, the Delaware EMS Oversight Council, the Delaware State Fire Prevention Commission, and other key groups within the State to develop and implement DMOST regulations and protocol. These regulations, protocol, and form standardize documentation so that Emergency Medical Service (EMS) personnel and all health care providers have a readily recognizable form which sets forth a patient's preferences regarding the provision of and the scope of treatment. The DMOST form allows EMS personnel and other health care providers both to identify and to honor an individual's wishes to the greatest extent possible and to grant individuals the dignity, humanity, and compassion they deserve.
In order for EMS personnel to honor an individual's request related to end-of-life decisions, the EMS provider must have a medical order. The DMOST form serves both as the summary of the individual's advance health care planning decisions and as the medical order.
Del. Admin. Code tit. 16, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Public Health, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), 4304