TABLE 1.

Physician Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST) Forms in the United States

Names of POLST Programs*	US States
POLST	California, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming (WyoPOLST)
POST	Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
MOLST	Alaska, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island
MOST	Colorado, Delaware, Kentucky, New Mexico, North Carolina, Texas
IPOST	Iowa
LaPOST	Louisiana
TPOPP	Missouri, Kansas
LWDO	Utah
COLST	Vermont
PAPOLST	Pennsylvania
OkPOLST	Oklahoma
AzMOST	Arizona
DMOST	Delaware
Other POLST Programs in Development	Alabama, Arkansas
No POLST programs yet	District of Columbia, South Dakota

^*Data from www.polst.org.

Abbreviations: POLST, Physician/Provider Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment; POST, Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment; MOLST, Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment; MOST, Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment; IPOST, Iowa Physician Orders for Scope of Treatment; LaPOST, Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment; TPOPP, Transportable Physician Orders for Patient Preferences; LWDO, Life with Dignity Order; COLST, Clinician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment; PAPOLST, Pennsylvania Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment; OkPOLST, Oklahoma Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment; AkMOST, Arizona Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment; DMOST, Delaware Medical Orders for Scope of Treatment.