New York Laws
Article 29-CCC - Nonhospital Orders Not to Resuscitate
2994-EE - Obligation to Honor a Nonhospital Order Not to Resuscitate.

(a) They believe in good faith that consent to the order has been
revoked, or that the order has been cancelled; or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 and hospital emergency
services nurse practitioners and physician assistants may direct that
the order be disregarded if other significant and exceptional medical
circumstances warrant disregarding the order.