New York Laws
Article 43 - Anatomical Gifts
4306 - Rights and Duties at Death.

(ii) A person who acts in good faith in accord with the anatomical
gift laws of another country is not liable for damages in any civil
action or subject to prosecution in any criminal proceeding for his or
her act provided that:
(A) such country has anatomical gift laws similar in requirements and
effects to the anatomical gift laws of this state;
(B) such country appears on a list of such countries promulgated as a
regulation by the department for such purpose; and
(C) such country appeared on such list at the time of such act.
(b) A person who documents the making, amending or revoking of an
anatomical gift, acting reasonably and in good faith in accordance with
this article, may accept an anatomical gift under this article made by a
person who represents that the person is an authorized person under
section forty-three hundred one of this article and is entitled to
consent to the donation.
(c) An entity under section forty-three hundred two or forty-three
hundred ten of this article or a health care professional, or an agent
or employee thereof, who or which documents, records, recovers,
procures, obtains, or utilizes an organ or tissue in reasonable and good
faith reliance on information provided to or contained in the New York
state donate life registry shall not be liable in any civil or criminal
action or proceeding for action based on such reliance.
4. Any employee or agent of an organ procurement organization, eye
bank or tissue bank acting pursuant to this article shall be held to the
same standard of confidentiality as that imposed on employees of a
hospital.