2018 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 29-CCC - 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(a) They believe in good faith that consent to the order has been revoked, or that the order has been cancelled; or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 and hospital emergency services nurse practitioners may direct that the order be disregarded if other significant and exceptional medical circumstances warrant disregarding the order.
