N.Y. General Obligations Law § 5-1551: Power of parent to designate a person in parental relation

§ 5-1551. Power of parent to designate a person in parental relation.

A parent of a minor or incapacitated person may designate another person

as a person in parental relation to such minor or incapacitated person

pursuant to sections twenty-one hundred sixty-four and twenty-five

hundred four of the public health law and sections two and thirty-two

hundred twelve of the education law for a period not exceeding twelve

months provided that there is no prior order of any court in any

jurisdiction currently in effect that would prohibit such parent from

himself or herself exercising the same or similar authority, and

provided further, that, in the case where a court has ordered that both

parents must agree on education or health decisions regarding the child,

a designation pursuant to this subdivision shall not be valid unless

both parents have consented thereto. Such designation shall be in the

form prescribed by section 5-1552 of this title, and may be presented to

any school, health care provider or health plan that requires such

designation by either the parent or the designee.