2994-L – Interinstitutional Transfers.
§ 2994-l. Interinstitutional transfers. If a patient with an order to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment is transferred from a mental hygiene facility to a hospital or from a hospital to a different hospital, any such order or plan shall remain effective until an attending practitioner first examines the transferred patient, whereupon an attending practitioner […]
2994-M – Ethics Review Committees.
§ 2994-m. Ethics review committees. 1. Establishment of an ethics review committee, written policy. Each hospital shall establish at least one ethics review committee or participate in an ethics review committee that serves more than one hospital, and shall adopt a written policy governing committee functions, composition, and procedure, in accordance with the requirements of […]
2994-A – Definitions.
§ 2994-a. 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 has married. 2. “Attending practitioner” means a physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant, selected by or assigned to a […]