2994-EE - Obligation to honor a nonhospital order not to resuscitate.
§ 2994-ee. Obligation to honor a nonhospital order not to resuscitate. Emergency medical services personnel, home care services agency personnel, hospice personnel, or hospital emergency services personnel who are provided with a nonhospital order not to resuscitate, or who identify the standard bracelet on the patient's body, shall comply with the terms of such order; provided, however, that: 1. Emergency medical services personnel, home care services agency personnel, hospice personnel, or hospital emergency services personnel may disregard the order if: (a) They believe in good faith that consent to the order has been revoked, or that the order has been cancelled; or (b) Family members or others on the scene, excluding such personnel, object to the order and physical confrontation appears likely; and 2. Hospital emergency services physicians may direct that the order be disregarded if other significant and exceptional medical circumstances warrant disregarding the order.