2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 29-B - (2960 - 2979) ORDERS NOT TO RESUSCITATE FOR RESIDENTS OF MENTAL HYGIENE FACILITIES
2969 - Revocation of consent to order not to resuscitate.

 
    § 2969. Revocation of consent to order not to resuscitate. 1. A person
  may,  at  any  time,  revoke  his  or  her  consent  to  an order not to
  resuscitate himself or herself by making either a  written  or  an  oral
  declaration  to  a  physician  or  member  of  the  nursing staff at the
  hospital where he  or  she  is  being  treated,  or  by  any  other  act
  evidencing a specific intent to revoke such consent.
    2. Any surrogate, parent, or legal guardian may at any time revoke his
  or her consent to an order not to resuscitate a patient by (a) notifying
  a  physician or member of the nursing staff of the revocation of consent
  in writing, dated and signed, or  (b)  orally  notifying  the  attending
  physician in the presence of a witness eighteen years of age or older.
    3.  Any  physician who is informed of or provided with a revocation of
  consent  pursuant  to  this  section  shall  immediately   include   the
  revocation  in  the  patient's  chart,  cancel the order, and notify the
  hospital staff responsible for the patient's care of the revocation  and
  cancellation.  Any  member  of  the  nursing staff who is informed of or
  provided with a revocation of consent pursuant  to  this  section  shall
  immediately notify a physician of such revocation.