(b) When the concurrence of a second physician, nurse practitioner or
physician assistant 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, nurse practitioner or physician
assistant 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.
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