New York State DNR
Law
The first statute incorportating recommendations of the New York
State Task Force on Life and the Law was the Do Not Resuscitate
law, enacted in the late 1980s. This statute outlined detailed procedures
designed to promote doctor-patient and doctor-surrogate discussion
concerning CPR. The full text of the DNR law is
available via the NYS Senate gopher, as well as a Guidebook for Patients and Families and
Questions and Answers for Professionals courtesy of the NYS
Department of Health.
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