6. a. A health care professional, health care institution, or emergency care provider shall treat a patient who has a completed POLST form in accordance with the information contained therein, except as otherwise provided in this act.
 
   b.   A POLST form shall be deemed to be completed, and therefore valid for the purposes of this act if it:
 
   (1)   contains information indicating a patient's health care preferences;
 
   (2)   has been voluntarily signed by a patient with decision-making capacity, or by the patient's representative in accordance with the patient's known preferences or in the best interests of the patient;
 
   (3)   includes the signature of the patient's attending physician, physician assistant, or APN and the date of that signature; and
 
   (4)   meets any other requirements to be deemed valid for the purposes of this act.
 
   c.   A document executed in another state, which meets the requirements of this act for a POLST form, shall be deemed to be completed and valid for the purposes of this act to the same extent as a POLST form completed in this State.
 
   L.2011, c.145, s.6; amended 2019, c.218, s.6.