2010 New York Code
PBH - Public Health
Article 29-CC - (2994-A - 2994-U) FAMILY HEALTH CARE DECISIONS ACT
2994-L - Interinstitutional transfers.

§  2994-l. Interinstitutional transfers. If a patient with an order to
  withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment  is  transferred  from  a
  mental  hygiene facility to a hospital or from a hospital to a different
  hospital, any such  order  or  plan  shall  remain  effective  until  an
  attending physician first examines the transferred patient, whereupon an
  attending physician must either:
    1.  Issue appropriate orders to continue the prior order or plan. Such
  orders may be issued without obtaining another consent  to  withhold  or
  withdraw life-sustaining treatment pursuant to this article; or
    2.  Cancel  such order, if the attending physician determines that the
  order is no longer appropriate or authorized. Before canceling the order
  the attending physician shall make  reasonable  efforts  to  notify  the
  person  who  made the decision to withhold or withdraw treatment and the
  hospital staff directly responsible for the patient's care of  any  such
  cancellation.  If  such  notice  cannot  reasonably  be  made  prior  to
  canceling the order or plan, the attending  physician  shall  make  such
  notice as soon as reasonably practicable after cancellation.