2010 New York Code
PBH - Public Health
Article 29-CC - (2994-A - 2994-U) FAMILY HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT
2994-K - Implementation and review of decisions.

§  2994-k.  Implementation and review of decisions. 1. Hospitals shall
  adopt written policies requiring implementation and  regular  review  of
  decisions   to   withhold   or  withdrew  life-sustaining  treatment  in
  accordance with accepted medical standards. Hospitals shall also develop
  policies  in  accord   with   accepted   medical   standards   regarding
  documentation of clinical determinations and decisions by surrogates and
  health care providers pursuant to this article.
    2. If a decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment has
  been   made  pursuant  to  this  article,  and  an  attending  physician
  determines at any time that the decision is  no  longer  appropriate  or
  authorized  because the patient has regained decision-making capacity or
  because the patient's condition has otherwise  improved,  the  physician
  shall immediately:
    (a) include such determination in the patient's medical record;
    (b)  cancel  any  orders or plans of care implementing the decision to
  withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment;
    (c) notify the person who made the decision to  withhold  or  withdraw
  treatment,  or,  if that person is not reasonably available, to at least
  one person on the surrogate list highest in  order  of  priority  listed
  when  persons  in prior classes are not reasonably available pursuant to
  subdivision one of section twenty-nine  hundred  ninety-four-d  of  this
  article; and
    (d)  notify  the hospital staff directly responsible for the patient's
  care of any cancelled orders or plans of care.