2991 – Creation and Use of Proxies in Residential Health Care and Mental Hygiene Facilities.
§ 2991. Creation and use of proxies in residential health care and mental hygiene facilities. 1. Residential health care facilities and mental hygiene facilities shall establish procedures: (a) to provide information to adult residents about their right to create a health care proxy under this article; (b) to educate adult residents about the authority delegated […]
2992 – Special Proceeding Authorized.
§ 2992. Special proceeding authorized. The health care provider, the conservator for, or committee of the principal, members of the principal’s family, a close friend of the principal as defined in subdivision five of section two thousand nine hundred sixty-one of this chapter, or the commissioner of health, mental health, or developmental disabilities may commence […]
2981 – Appointment of Health Care Agent; Health Care Proxy.
§ 2981. Appointment of health care agent; health care proxy. 1. Authority to appoint agent; presumption of competence. (a) A competent adult may appoint a health care agent in accordance with the terms of this article. (b) For the purposes of this section, every adult shall be presumed competent to appoint a health care agent […]
2982 – Rights and Duties of Agent.
§ 2982. Rights and duties of agent. 1. Scope of authority. Subject to any express limitations in the health care proxy, an agent shall have the authority to make any and all health care decisions on the principal’s behalf that the principal could make. Such authority shall be subject to the provisions of section twenty-nine […]
2980 – Definitions.
§ 2980. Definitions. The following words or phrases, used in this article, shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Adult” means any person who is eighteen years of age or older, or is the parent of a child, or has married. 2. “Attending practitioner” means the physician, physician assistant, or nurse […]