New York Public Health Law Article 29-CCC - NONHOSPITAL ORDERS NOT TO RESUSCITATE

• 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....
• 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,...
• 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...
• 2994-Dd - Managing a Nonhospital Order Not to Resuscitate.
  * 1. The attending physician shall record the issuance of a nonhospital order not to resuscitate in the patient's medical record. 2. A nonhospital order...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...

Last modified: February 3, 2019