New York Public Health Law Section 2964 - Decision-making by an adult with capacity.

  2964. Decision-making by an adult with capacity. 1. (a) The consent
  of an adult with capacity must be obtained prior to issuing an order not
  to resuscitate, except as provided in subdivision three of this section.
(b) If the adult has capacity at the time the order is to  be  issued,
  the  consent must be obtained at or about such time, notwithstanding any
  prior oral or written consent.
* 2. (a) During hospitalization, an adult with capacity may express  a
  decision  consenting  to  an  order  not  to  resuscitate  orally in the
  presence of at least two witnesses eighteen years of age or  older,  one
  of whom is a physician affiliated with the hospital in which the patient
  is  being  treated. Any such decision shall be recorded in the patient's
  medical chart.
(b) Prior to or during hospitalization, an  adult  with  capacity  may
  express a decision consenting to an order not to resuscitate in writing,
  dated  and  signed  in  the  presence of at least two witnesses eighteen
  years of age or older who shall sign the decision.
(c) An attending physician who is  provided  with  or  informed  of  a
  decision  pursuant  to  this  subdivision  shall  record  or include the
  decision in the patient's medical chart if the  decision  has  not  been
  recorded or included, and either:
(i) promptly issue an order not to resuscitate the patient or issue an
  order  at such time as the conditions, if any, specified in the decision
  are met, and inform the hospital staff  responsible  for  the  patient's
  care of the order; or
(ii)  promptly  make  his  or her objection to the issuance of such an
  order and the reasons therefor known to the patient and either make  all
  reasonable efforts to arrange for the transfer of the patient to another
  physician,  if  necessary,  or promptly submit the matter to the dispute
  mediation system.
(d) Prior to issuing an order not to resuscitate  a  patient  who  has
  expressed  a  decision  consenting  to an order not to resuscitate under
  specified medical  conditions,  the  attending  physician  must  make  a
  determination,  to  a  reasonable degree of medical certainty, that such
  conditions exist, and include the determination in the patient's medical
  chart.
* NB Effective until May 28, 2018
* 2. (a) During hospitalization, an adult with capacity may express  a
  decision  consenting  to  an  order  not  to  resuscitate  orally in the
  presence of at least two witnesses eighteen years of age or  older,  one
  of  whom  is  a  physician  or  nurse  practitioner  affiliated with the
  hospital in which the patient is being treated. Any such decision  shall
  be recorded in the patient's medical chart.
(b)  Prior  to  or  during hospitalization, an adult with capacity may
  express a decision consenting to an order not to resuscitate in writing,
  dated and signed in the presence of  at  least  two  witnesses  eighteen
  years of age or older who shall sign the decision.
(c)  An  attending  physician  or  attending nurse practitioner who is
  provided with or informed of a decision  pursuant  to  this  subdivision
  shall  record  or include the decision in the patient's medical chart if
  the decision has not been recorded or included, and either:
(i) promptly issue an order not to resuscitate the patient or issue an
  order at such time as the conditions, if any, specified in the  decision
  are  met,  and  inform  the hospital staff responsible for the patient's
  care of the order; or
(ii) promptly make his or her objection to the  issuance  of  such  an
  order  and the reasons therefor known to the patient and either make all
  reasonable efforts to arrange for the transfer of the patient to another

  physician or nurse practitioner, if necessary, or  promptly  submit  the
  matter to the dispute mediation system.
(d)  Prior  to  issuing  an order not to resuscitate a patient who has
  expressed a decision consenting to an order  not  to  resuscitate  under
  specified medical conditions, the attending physician or attending nurse
  practitioner  must  make  a  determination,  to  a  reasonable degree of
  medical  certainty,  that  such  conditions  exist,  and   include   the
  determination in the patient's medical chart.
* NB Effective May 28, 2018
* 5.  If  the  patient  is  in  or  is transferred from a correctional
  facility, notice of the patient's consent to an order not to resuscitate
  shall be given to the facility director and reasonable efforts shall  be
  made  to  provide  notice  to an individual designated by the patient to
  receive such notification prior to the issuance  of  the  order  not  to
  resuscitate.    Notification  to the facility director or the individual
  designated by the patient shall not unreasonably delay  issuance  of  an
  order not to resuscitate.
* NB Effective until May 28, 2018
* 3.  If  the  patient  is  in  or  is transferred from a correctional
  facility, notice of the patient's consent to an order not to resuscitate
  shall be given to the facility director and reasonable efforts shall  be
  made  to  provide  notice  to an individual designated by the patient to
  receive such notification prior to the issuance  of  the  order  not  to
  resuscitate.    Notification  to the facility director or the individual
  designated by the patient shall not unreasonably delay  issuance  of  an
  order not to resuscitate.
* NB Effective May 28, 2018

Last modified: February 3, 2019