N.Y. Public Health Law § 2991: Creation and use of proxies in residential health care and mental hygiene facilities

§ 2991. Creation and use of proxies in residential health care and

mental hygiene facilities. 1. Residential health care facilities and

mental hygiene facilities shall establish procedures:

(a) to provide information to adult residents about their right to

create a health care proxy under this article;

(b) to educate adult residents about the authority delegated under a

health care proxy, what a proxy may include or omit, and how a proxy is

created and revoked;

(c) to help ensure that each resident who creates a proxy while

residing at the facility does so voluntarily.

2. Such procedures shall be established in accordance with regulations

issued by the commissioners of health, mental health, and the office for

people with developmental disabilities for facilities subject to their

respective regulatory authorities.