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

§  2994-o.  Immunity.  1.  Ethics review committee. No person shall be
  subject to criminal or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged  in
  unprofessional  conduct, for acts performed reasonably and in good faith
  pursuant to this article as a member of or as a consultant to an  ethics
  review  committee  or  as  a  participant  in an ethics review committee
  meeting.
    2. Providers. No health care provider or  employee  thereof  shall  be
  subjected  to  criminal or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged
  in unprofessional conduct, for honoring reasonably and in good  faith  a
  health  care decision made pursuant to this article or for other actions
  taken reasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article.
    3. Surrogates and guardians. No person shall be subjected to  criminal
  or  civil  liability for making a health care decision reasonably and in
  good  faith  pursuant  to  this  article  or  for  other  actions  taken
  reasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article.

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