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2018 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 29-CC - Family Health Care Decisions Act
2994-Q - Effect on Other Rights.

Universal Citation: NY Pub Health L § 2994-Q (2018)
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§  2994-q. Effect on other rights. 1. Nothing in this article creates,
  expands, diminishes,  impairs,  or  supersedes  any  authority  that  an
  individual  may  have under law to make or express decisions, wishes, or
  instructions regarding health care on his or her own  behalf,  including
  decisions about life-sustaining treatment.

2.  Nothing  in  this  article  shall  affect  existing law concerning
  implied consent to health care in an emergency.

3. Nothing in this article is intended to permit or  promote  suicide,
  assisted suicide, or euthanasia.

4.  This  article  shall  not  affect  existing  law  with  respect to
  sterilization.

5. Nothing in this article diminishes the duty of  parents  and  legal
  guardians under existing law to consent to treatment for minors.

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