New York Mental Hygiene Law Article 80 - SURROGATE DECISION-MAKING FOR MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT

• 80.01 - Legislative Findings and Purpose.
  80.01 Legislative findings and purpose. The legislature hereby finds and declares that timely access to health care for people who are mentally disabled is an...
• 80.03 - Definitions.
  80.03 Definitions. When used in this article: (a) "Major medical treatment" means a medical, surgical or diagnostic intervention or procedures where a general anesthetic is...
• 80.05 - Surrogate Decision-Making Committees and Panels; Organization.
  80.05 Surrogate decision-making committees and panels; organization. (a) Surrogate decision-making committees of at least twelve persons shall be established by the commission in geographic areas...
• 80.07 - Procedures of the Committees and Panels.
  80.07 Procedures of the committees and panels. (a) The committee shall receive declarations filed on behalf of patients, as follows: 1. A declaration may be...
• 80.09 - Right of Appeal; Temporary Restraining Order.
  80.09 Right of appeal; temporary restraining order. The patient, declarant, a parent, spouse, adult child, conservator, legal guardian, committee of the person, or other available...
• 80.11 - Effect of Determination that a Person is in Need of Surrogate Decision-Making.
  80.11 Effect of determination that a person is in need of surrogate decision-making. The determination by a panel that a patient is in need of...
• 80.13 - Committee Reports.
  80.13 Committee reports. The chairman of each committee shall provide a quarterly report on the activities of the committee and its panels to the commission...

Last modified: February 3, 2019