NY Pub Health L § 2994-AA (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 29-CCC - Nonhospital Orders Not to Resuscitate 2994-AA - Definitions.

§  2994-aa.  Definitions.  1. "Adult" means any person who is eighteen   years of age or older, or is the parent of a child or has married.2. "Attending practitioner" means the physician, nurse practitioner or   physician assistant who has primary responsibility for the treatment and   care of the patient. Where more than one physician,  nurse  practitioner   or  physician  assistant shares such responsibility, any such physician,   nurse practitioner or physician  assistant  may  act  as  the  attending   practitioner pursuant to this article.2-a.  "Attending  nurse practitioner" means the nurse practitioner who   has primary responsibility for the treatment and care  of  the  patient.   Where  more  than  one  physician  and/or nurse practitioner shares such   responsibility, any such physician or nurse practitioner may act as  the   attending  physician  or  attending  nurse practitioner pursuant to this   article.3. "Capacity" means the  ability  to  understand  and  appreciate  the   nature  and  consequences  of  a  nonhospital  order not to resuscitate,   including the benefits and disadvantages of such an order, and to  reach   an informed decision regarding the order.4.  "Cardiopulmonary  resuscitation"  means  measures, as specified in   regulations promulgated by the commissioner, to restore cardiac function   or to support ventilation in the  event  of  a  cardiac  or  respiratory   arrest.  Such term shall not include measures to improve ventilation and   cardiac function in the absence of an arrest.5. "Emergency medical services personnel" means  the  personnel  of  a   service  or  agency  engaged  in  providing  initial  emergency  medical   assistance, including but not limited  to  first  responders,  emergency   medical   technicians,   advanced   emergency  medical  technicians  and   personnel engaged in providing health care at  correctional  facilities,   as  that  term  is  defined  in  subdivision  four of section two of the   correction law.6. "Health care agent" means  a  health  care  agent  of  the  patient   designated pursuant to article twenty-nine-C of this chapter.7.  "Health  or  social  services  practitioner"  means  a  registered   professional nurse, nurse practitioner, physician, physician  assistant,   psychologist  or  certified,  licensed  master social worker or licensed   clinical social worker, licensed or certified pursuant to the  education   law, acting within his or her scope of practice.8.  "Home care services agency" means an entity certified, licensed or   exempt under article thirty-six of this chapter.9. "Hospice" means a hospice as  defined  in  article  forty  of  this   chapter.10.  "Hospital" means a general hospital as defined in subdivision ten   of section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter  and  a  residential   health  care  facility  as  defined  in  subdivision  three  of  section   twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter or a  hospital  as  defined  in   subdivision  ten  of  section  1.03  of  the  mental  hygiene  law  or a   developmental disabilities services office named in section 13.17 of the   mental hygiene law.11. "Hospital emergency services personnel" means the personnel of the   emergency service of a general hospital, as defined in  subdivision  ten   of  section  twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter, including but not   limited to emergency services attending physicians,  emergency  services   registered  professional  nurses,  and  registered  professional nurses,   nursing staff  and  registered  physician  assistants  assigned  to  the   general hospital's emergency service.12. "Mental hygiene facility" means a residential facility operated or   licensed  by  the  office of mental health or the office for people with   developmental disabilities. 13. "Nonhospital order not to resuscitate" means an order that directs   emergency medical services personnel,  hospice  personnel  and  hospital   emergency    services   personnel   not   to   attempt   cardiopulmonary   resuscitation in the event a  patient  suffers  cardiac  or  respiratory   arrest.13-a.  "Nurse  practitioner"  means  a  nurse  practitioner  certified   pursuant to section sixty-nine hundred ten of the education law  who  is   practicing  in  accordance  with subdivision three of section sixty-nine   hundred two of the education law.14. "Patient" means a person who has been  or  who  may  be  issued  a   nonhospital order not to resuscitate.15.  "Surrogate"  means  a  person  authorized  to  make a health care   decision on behalf of a patient pursuant to  article  twenty-nine-CC  of   this chapter.