1. No policy of life insurance shall be legally impaired, modified, or invalidated in any manner by the issuance of an order not to resuscitate notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.

Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 2975

  • Order not to resuscitate: means an order not to attempt cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the event a patient suffers cardiac or respiratory arrest. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2961
2. A person may not prohibit or require the issuance of an order not to resuscitate for an individual as a condition for such individual’s being insured or for receiving health care services.