N.Y. Public Health Law § 2994-mm: Effect on other rights

§ 2994-mm. Effect on other rights. 1. Nothing in this article shall be

construed to interfere with the rights of an agent operating under a

valid health care directive created under section twenty-nine hundred

eighty-two of this chapter.

2. Nothing in this article shall be construed to create a new private

right of action not otherwise existing in law against a hospital or any

of its directors, trustees, officers, employees or agents, or any

contractors with whom a hospital has a contractual relationship.

3. A hospital, any of its directors, trustees, officers, employees or

agents, or any contractors with whom a hospital has a contractual

relationship shall not be held liable, provided it has complied with

this article and acted reasonably and in good faith, for the services

rendered or not rendered by the caregiver to the patient at the

patient's residence.