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N.Y. PBH Law § 2994-O

This is the official text of N.Y. PBH Law § 2994-O, part of New York’s PBH Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "PBH Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Immunity

Official statutory text

§ 2994-o. Immunity. 1. Ethics review committee. No person shall be\nsubject to criminal or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged in\nunprofessional conduct, for acts performed reasonably and in good faith\npursuant to this article as a member of or as a consultant to an ethics\nreview committee or as a participant in an ethics review committee\nmeeting.\n 2. Providers. No health care provider or employee thereof shall be\nsubjected to criminal or civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged\nin unprofessional conduct, for honoring reasonably and in good faith a\nhealth care decision made pursuant to this article or for other actions\ntaken reasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article.\n 3. Surrogates and guardians. No person shall be subjected to criminal\nor civil liability for making a health care decision reasonably and in\ngood faith pursuant to this article or for other actions taken\nreasonably and in good faith pursuant to this article.\n

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