New York Public Health Law Section 2971 - Interinstitutional transfers.

 2971. Interinstitutional transfers. * If a patient for whom an order
  not  to  resuscitate has been issued is transferred from a hospital to a
  different hospital the order  shall  remain  effective,  unless  revoked
  pursuant  to  this article, until the attending physician first examines
  the transferred patient, whereupon the attending physician must either:
* NB Effective until May 28, 2018
* If a patient for whom an order not to resuscitate has been issued is
  transferred from a hospital to a  different  hospital  the  order  shall
  remain  effective,  unless  revoked  pursuant to this article, until the
  attending physician or attending nurse practitioner first  examines  the
  transferred  patient,  whereupon  the  attending  physician or attending
  nurse practitioner must either:
* NB Effective May 28, 2018
1. Issue an order continuing the prior order not to resuscitate.  Such
  order  may be issued without obtaining further consent from the patient,
  surrogate or parent pursuant to this article; or
* 2. Cancel the order  not  to  resuscitate,  provided  the  attending
  physician immediately notifies the person who consented to the order and
  the  hospital  staff  directly responsible for the patient's care of the
  cancellation. Such cancellation does not preclude the  entry  of  a  new
  order pursuant to this article.
* NB Effective until May 28, 2018
* 2.  Cancel  the  order  not  to  resuscitate, provided the attending
  physician or  attending  nurse  practitioner  immediately  notifies  the
  person  who  consented  to  the  order  and  the hospital staff directly
  responsible  for  the  patient's  care   of   the   cancellation.   Such
  cancellation does not preclude the entry of a new order pursuant to this
  article.
* NB Effective May 28, 2018
3. For purposes of this section, an order not to resuscitate issued by
  a general hospital as defined in subdivision ten of section twenty-eight
  hundred one of this chapter, or by a residential health care facility as
  defined in subdivision three of section twenty-eight hundred one of this
  chapter, shall be deemed a hospital order not to resuscitate.

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