New York Laws
Article 29-CC - Family Health Care Decisions Act
2994-R - Special Proceeding Authorized; Court Orders; Health Care Guardian for Minor Patient.

(b) The following persons may commence a special proceeding in a court
of competent jurisdiction to seek appointment as the health care
guardian of a minor patient solely for the purpose of deciding about
life-sustaining treatment pursuant to this article:
(i) the hospital administrator;
(ii) an attending practitioner;
(iii) the local commissioner of social services or the local
commissioner of health, authorized to make medical treatment decisions
for the minor pursuant to section three hundred eighty-three-b of the
social services law; or
(iv) an individual, eighteen years of age or older, who has assumed
care of the minor for a substantial and continuous period of time.
(c) Notice of the proceeding shall be given to the persons identified
in section seventeen hundred five of the surrogate's court procedure
act.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, seeking appointment or
being appointed as a health care guardian shall not otherwise affect the
legal status or rights of the individual seeking or obtaining such
appointment.