2994-AA – Definitions.
§ 2994-aa. Definitions. 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, nurse practitioner or physician assistant who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient. Where more than one physician, nurse […]
2994-BB – General Provisions.
§ 2994-bb. General provisions. 1. (a) Emergency medical services personnel, home care services agency personnel, hospice personnel, and hospital emergency services personnel shall honor nonhospital orders not to resuscitate, except as provided in section twenty-nine hundred ninety-four-ee of this article. (b) A nonhospital order not to resuscitate shall not constitute an order to withhold or […]
2994-CC – Consent to a Nonhospital Order Not to Resuscitate.
§ 2994-cc. Consent to a nonhospital order not to resuscitate. 1. An adult with decision-making capacity, a health care agent, or a surrogate may consent to a nonhospital order not to resuscitate orally to the attending practitioner or in writing. If a patient consents to a nonhospital order not to resuscitate while in a correctional […]
2994-DD – Managing a Nonhospital Order Not to Resuscitate.
§ 2994-dd. Managing a nonhospital order not to resuscitate. 1. The attending practitioner shall record the issuance of a nonhospital order not to resuscitate in the patient’s medical record. 2. A nonhospital order not to resuscitate shall be issued upon a standard form prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall also develop a standard bracelet […]
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; […]
2994-FF – Interinstitutional Transfer.
§ 2994-ff. Interinstitutional transfer. If a patient with a nonhospital order not to resuscitate is admitted to a hospital, the order shall be treated as an order not to resuscitate for a patient transferred from another hospital, and shall be governed by article twenty-nine-CC of this chapter, except that any such order for a patient […]
2994-GG – Immunity.
§ 2994-gg. Immunity. No person shall be subjected to criminal prosecution or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct, for honoring reasonably and in good faith pursuant to this section a nonhospital order not to resuscitate, for disregarding a nonhospital order pursuant to section twenty-nine hundred ninety-four-ee of this article, or […]