§327K-3 Immunity. (a) No physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, health care professional, nurse's aide, hospice provider, home care provider, including private duty and medicare home health providers, emergency medical services provider, adult residential care home operator, skilled nursing facility operator, hospital, or person employed by or under contract with a hospital shall be subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, or be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct for:
(b) No person shall be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for consenting or declining to consent, in good faith and on behalf of a patient, to the issuance of an order not to resuscitate pursuant to this chapter. [L 2009, c 186, pt of §1; am L 2014, c 154, §5; am L 2022, c 293, §5]