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Regulation 35 Resuscitation

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(1)

The registered person shall prepare and implement a written statement of the policies to be applied and the procedures to be followed in the hospital in relation to resuscitation of patients, and shall review such statement annually.

(2)

The registered person shall ensure that the policies and procedures implemented in accordance with paragraph (1)—

(a)

take proper account of the right of all patients who are competent to do so to give or withhold consent to treatment;

(b)

are available on request to every patient and any person acting on behalf of a patient; and

(c)

are communicated to and understood by all employees and all medical practitioners with practising privileges who may be involved in decisions about resuscitation of a patient.