N.Y. Public Health Law § 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 and physician assistants may direct that

the order be disregarded if other significant and exceptional medical

circumstances warrant disregarding the order.