[§334-47] Notice of emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization. Notice of an individual's emergency transportation, examination, and hospitalization under this subpart may be given to at least one of the following persons in the following order of priority: the individual's spouse or reciprocal beneficiary, legal parents, adult children, surrogate, legal guardian, or if none can be found, the closest adult relative, as long as the individual:
The staff of the facility shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that the patient's family, including a reciprocal beneficiary, is notified of the emergency hospitalization, unless the patient is an adult and waives notification. [L 2025, c 219, pt of §3]