New York Health Care Law - MAKING YOUR ADVANCE DIRECTIVES KNOWN - Advance Medical Directive
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New York Health Care Law - MAKING YOUR ADVANCE DIRECTIVES KNOWNAfter signing your Health Care Proxy or Living Will, follow these tips: - Make several photocopies of the completed forms. - Keep the originals in a safe but accessible place (not a safe deposit box). Give copies to your health care agent, alternate agent, your attorney or other advisor, close family members, doctors, and anyone else you choose to involve in your health care. - Under New York law, any doctor who is given a Health Care Proxy form must arrange for the form, or a copy of the form, to be put in your medical record. - Consider carrying a wallet card giving information about the existence and location of your Health Care Proxy or a Living Will. DNR ORDERS: A Hospital DNR Order is recorded in your medical chart. You must keep your Non-Hospital DNR Order form and may also consider getting a DNR Bracelet. DNR Bracelet: A DNR bracelet may be worn only if you have been issued a valid Non-Hospital DNR Order using form DOH-3474. The law requires emergency medical personnel who see a standard DNR bracelet on you to comply with the Order. |
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