2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 29-CCC - (2994-AA - 2994-GG) NONHOSPITAL ORDERS NOT TO RESUSCITATE
2994-EE - Obligation to honor a nonhospital order not to resuscitate.

 
    § 2994-ee. Obligation to honor a nonhospital order not to resuscitate.
  Emergency   medical   services  personnel,  home  care  services  agency
  personnel, hospice personnel, or hospital emergency  services  personnel
  who  are  provided  with  a nonhospital order not to resuscitate, or who
  identify the standard bracelet on the patient's body, shall comply  with
  the terms of such order; provided, however, that:
    1.  Emergency  medical  services  personnel, home care services agency
  personnel, hospice personnel, or hospital emergency  services  personnel
  may disregard the order if:
    (a)  They  believe  in  good  faith that consent to the order has been
  revoked, or that the order has been cancelled; or
    (b) Family members or others on the scene, excluding  such  personnel,
  object to the order and physical confrontation appears likely; and
    2. Hospital emergency services physicians may direct that the order be
  disregarded  if  other significant and exceptional medical circumstances
  warrant disregarding the order.