§ 2994-EE — Obligation to honor a nonhospital order not to resuscitate

§ 2994-ee. Obligation to honor a nonhospital order not to resuscitate.\nEmergency medical services personnel, home care services agency\npersonnel, hospice personnel, or hospital emergency services personnel\nwho are provided with a nonhospital order not to resuscitate, or who\nidentify the standard bracelet on the patient's body, shall comply with\nthe terms of such order; provided, however, that:\n 1. Emergency medical services personnel, home care services agency\npersonnel, hospice personnel, or hospital emergency services personnel\nmay disregard the order if:\n (a) They believe in good faith that consent to the order has been\nrevoked, or that the order has been cancelled; or\n (b) Family members or others on the scene, excluding such personnel,\nobject to the order and physical confrontation appears likely; and\n 2. Hospital emergency services physicians and hospital emergency\nservices nurse practitioners and physician assistants may direct that\nthe order be disregarded if other significant and exceptional medical\ncircumstances warrant disregarding the order.\n