N.Y. Public Health Law § 2994-bb: General provisions

§ 2994-bb. General provisions. 1. (a) Emergency medical services

personnel, home care services agency personnel, hospice personnel, and

hospital emergency services personnel shall honor nonhospital orders not

to resuscitate, except as provided in section twenty-nine hundred

ninety-four-ee of this article.

(b) A nonhospital order not to resuscitate shall not constitute an

order to withhold or withdraw treatment other than cardiopulmonary

resuscitation.

2. A nonhospital order not to resuscitate may be issued during

hospitalization to take effect after hospitalization, or may be issued

for a person who is not a patient in, or a resident of, a hospital.