N.Y. Public Health Law 2994-O – Immunity
§ 2994-o. Immunity. 1. Ethics review committee. No person shall be subject to criminal or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct, for acts performed reasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article as a member of or as a consultant to an ethics review committee or as a participant in an ethics review committee meeting.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 2994-O
- Ethics review committee: means the interdisciplinary committee established in accordance with the requirements of section twenty-nine hundred ninety-four-m of this article. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2994-A
- Health care: means any treatment, service, or procedure to diagnose or treat an individual's physical or mental condition. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2994-A
- Health care decision: means any decision to consent or refuse to consent to health care. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2994-A
2. Providers. No health care provider or employee thereof shall be subjected to criminal or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct, for honoring reasonably and in good faith a health care decision made pursuant to this article or for other actions taken reasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article.
3. Surrogates and guardians. No person shall be subjected to criminal or civil liability for making a health care decision reasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article or for other actions taken reasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article.