Background on the MOST Form (from “End-of-Life Planning: New Living Will, Health Care Power of Attorney and Organ Donation Statutes”, October 10, 2007)
A Medical Order for Scope of Treatment (MOST) is a standardized physician order that must be filled out by a health care professional in direct consultation with the patient or the patient’s representative. The MOST form is a doctor’s order, not a legal instrument. This program explains the purpose of a MOST, the legislation that authorizes its use in North Carolina, how to complete the form and what the legislation authorizing the use of a MOST does not address.
