§ 2994-K — Implementation and review of decisions

New York § 2994-K

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law PBH: Public Health
• Art. 29-CC: Family Health Care Decisions Act

Text

§ 2994-k. Implementation and review of decisions. 1. Hospitals shall\nadopt written policies requiring implementation and regular review of\ndecisions to withhold or withdrew life-sustaining treatment in\naccordance with accepted medical standards. Hospitals shall also develop\npolicies in accord with accepted medical standards regarding\ndocumentation of clinical determinations and decisions by surrogates and\nhealth care providers pursuant to this article.\n 2. If a decision to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment has\nbeen made pursuant to this article, and an attending practitioner\ndetermines at any time that the decision is no longer appropriate or\nauthorized because the patient has regained decision-making capacity or\nbecause the patient's condition has otherwise improved, the physician,\nnurse practitioner or physician assistant shall immediately:\n (a) include such determination in the patient's medical record;\n (b) cancel any orders or plans of care implementing the decision to\nwithhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment;\n (c) notify the person who made the decision to withhold or withdraw\ntreatment, or, if that person is not reasonably available, to at least\none person on the surrogate list highest in order of priority listed\nwhen persons in prior classes are not reasonably available pursuant to\nsubdivision one of section twenty-nine hundred ninety-four-d of this\narticle; and\n (d) notify the hospital staff directly responsible for the patient's\ncare of any cancelled orders or plans of care.\n