2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 29-B - (2960 - 2979) ORDERS NOT TO RESUSCITATE FOR RESIDENTS OF MENTAL HYGIENE FACILITIES
2974 - Immunity.

 
    §  2974.  Immunity. 1. No physician, health care professional, nurse's
  aide, hospital or person employed by or under contract with the hospital
  shall be subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, or be  deemed
  to have engaged in unprofessional conduct for carrying out in good faith
  pursuant   to   this   article   a  decision  regarding  cardiopulmonary
  resuscitation by or on behalf of a patient or for those actions taken in
  compliance with the standards and procedures set forth in this article.
    2. No physician, health care professional, nurse's aide, hospital,  or
  person  employed  by  or  under  contract  with  the  hospital  shall be
  subjected to criminal prosecution, civil liability, or be deemed to have
  engaged  in  unprofessional  conduct   for   providing   cardiopulmonary
  resuscitation to a patient for whom an order not to resuscitate has been
  issued, provided such physician or person;
    (a)  reasonably  and  in  good faith was unaware of the issuance of an
  order not to resuscitate; or
    (b) reasonably and in good faith believed that consent  to  the  order
  not to resuscitate had been revoked or cancelled.
    3.  No  person  shall  be  subject  to  criminal  prosecution or civil
  liability for consenting or declining  to  consent  in  good  faith,  on
  behalf  of  a  patient,  to  the issuance of an order not to resuscitate
  pursuant to this article.
    4. No person  shall  be  subject  to  criminal  prosecution  or  civil
  liability  or  be  deemed  to have engaged in unprofessional conduct for
  acts performed in good faith as a  mediator  in  the  dispute  mediation
  system established by this article.