2994-CC - Consent to a Nonhospital Order Not to Resuscitate.

NY Pub Health L § 2994-CC (2019) (N/A)
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(b) When the concurrence of a second physician or nurse practitioner is sought to fulfill the requirements for the issuance of a nonhospital order not to resuscitate for hospice and home care patients, such second physician or nurse practitioner shall be selected by the hospice medical director or hospice nurse coordinator designated by the medical director or by the home care services agency director of patient care services, as appropriate to the patient. 5. Consent by a patient or a surrogate for a patient in a mental hygiene facility shall be governed by article twenty-nine-B of this chapter.