2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 29-CCC - (2994-AA - 2994-GG) NONHOSPITAL ORDERS NOT TO RESUSCITATE
2994-BB - General provisions.

 
    §  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,  except  as  provided  in  section  twenty-nine hundred
  ninety-four-ee of this article.
    (b) A nonhospital order not to resuscitate  shall  not  constitute  an
  order  to  withhold  or  withdraw  treatment  other than cardiopulmonary
  resuscitation.
    2. A nonhospital  order  not  to  resuscitate  may  be  issued  during
  hospitalization  to  take effect after hospitalization, or may be issued
  for a person who is not a patient in, or a resident of, a hospital.