(1) Under any of the following three circumstances, emergency medical services personnel must follow the protocol approved by the board of medical examiners for withholding life-sustaining procedures from a patient:

(a) The identity of the patient has been clearly established and the personnel have been presented with any one of the following:

(i) a comfort one form for the patient;

(ii) a comfort one card for the patient; or

(iii) a written do-not-resuscitate order signed and dated by a physician.

(b) An unresponsive person is wearing a comfort one necklace or bracelet (no further identification is necessary) .

(c) A physician's do-not-resuscitate order has been presented, but only when:

(i) the order is in writing and the personnel have a copy of the order or have seen the order; or

(ii) a physician issues a verbal order directly to the emergency medical services personnel.

(2) The living will protocol may also be designated the "comfort one protocol".

(3) This rule applies to an inter-hospital transfer of patients as well as a response to an emergency by emergency medical service personnel.