§ 2994-O — Immunity

New York § 2994-O

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

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§ 2994-o. Immunity. 1. Ethics review committee. No person shall be\nsubject to criminal or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged in\nunprofessional conduct, for acts performed reasonably and in good faith\npursuant to this article as a member of or as a consultant to an ethics\nreview committee or as a participant in an ethics review committee\nmeeting.\n 2. Providers. No health care provider or employee thereof shall be\nsubjected to criminal or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged\nin unprofessional conduct, for honoring reasonably and in good faith a\nhealth care decision made pursuant to this article or for other actions\ntaken reasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article.\n 3. Surrogates and guardians. No person shall be subjected to criminal\nor civil liability for making a health care decision reasonably and in\ngood faith pursuant to this article or for other actions taken\nreasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article.\n