(a) include such determination in the patient's medical record;
(b) cancel any orders or plans of care implementing the decision to
withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment;
(c) notify the person who made the decision to withhold or withdraw
treatment, or, if that person is not reasonably available, to at least
one person on the surrogate list highest in order of priority listed
when persons in prior classes are not reasonably available pursuant to
subdivision one of section twenty-nine hundred ninety-four-d of this
article; and
(d) notify the hospital staff directly responsible for the patient's
care of any cancelled orders or plans of care.
Structure New York Laws
Article 29-CC - Family Health Care Decisions Act
2994-B - Applicability; Priority of Certain Other Surrogate Decision-Making Laws and Regulations.
2994-C - Determination of Incapacity.
2994-D - Health Care Decisions for Adult Patients by Surrogates.
2994-E - Decisions About Life-Sustaining Treatment for Minor Patients.
2994-F - Obligations of Attending Practitioner.
2994-G - Health Care Decisions for Adult Patients Without Surrogates.
2994-I - Specific Policies for Orders Not to Resuscitate.
2994-J - Revocation of Consent.
2994-K - Implementation and Review of Decisions.
2994-L - Interinstitutional Transfers.
2994-M - Ethics Review Committees.
2994-N - Conscience Objections.
2994-P - Liability for Health Care Costs.
2994-Q - Effect on Other Rights.
2994-R - Special Proceeding Authorized; Court Orders; Health Care Guardian for Minor Patient.