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Home » US Law » 2022 New York Laws » Consolidated Laws » PBH - Public Health » Article 29-CCC - Nonhospital Orders Not to Resuscitate » Repeal Date: 05/31/2021 » 2994-EE – Obligation to Honor a Nonhospital Order Not to Resuscitate.
§ 2994-ee. Obligation to honor a nonhospital order not to resuscitate.
Emergency   medical   services  personnel,  home  care  services  agency
personnel, hospice personnel, or hospital emergency  services  personnel
who  are  provided  with  a nonhospital order not to resuscitate, or who
identify the standard bracelet on the patient's body, shall comply  with
the terms of such order; provided, however, that:
  1.  Emergency  medical  services  personnel, home care services agency
personnel, hospice personnel, or hospital emergency  services  personnel
may disregard the order if:

(a) They believe in good faith that consent to the order has been revoked, or that the order has been cancelled; or

(b) Family members or others on the scene, excluding such personnel, object to the order and physical confrontation appears likely; and 2. Hospital emergency services physicians and hospital emergency services nurse practitioners and physician assistants may direct that the order be disregarded if other significant and exceptional medical circumstances warrant disregarding the order.