* § 2899-f. Attending physician responsibilities. 1. Upon a patient's\nrequest for a medical aid-in-dying prescription, the attending physician\nshall examine the patient in person and the patient's relevant medical\nrecords, provided, however, that the attending physician may waive the\nin-person examination requirement and conduct the examination via\ntelehealth if the physician determines, within reasonable medical\njudgment, and documents in the patient's medical record that requiring\nan in-person visit would result in extraordinary hardship to the\npatient. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "extraordinary\nhardship" shall mean circumstances in which an in-person examination\nwould cause the patient undue pain or suffering, or would necessitate\nextraordinary expense or logistical burden for medically-necessary\ntransportation. In such cases, the examination may be conducted via\ntelehealth once the attending physician affirms that all other\nrequirements of this article have been fulfilled. The attending\nphysician shall also:\n (a) make a determination of whether a patient has a terminal illness\nor condition, has decision-making capacity, has made an informed\ndecision and has made the request voluntarily of the patient's own\nvolition and without coercion;\n (b) inform the patient of the requirement under this article for\nconfirmation by a consulting physician, and refer the patient to a\nconsulting physician upon the patient's request;\n (c) inform the patient of the requirement under this article for\nconfirmation by a mental health professional, and refer the patient to a\nmental health professional upon the patient's request;\n (d) provide information and counseling under section twenty-nine\nhundred ninety-seven-c of this chapter, provided, however, that if the\nattending physician is not willing or does not feel qualified to provide\nthe patient with information and counseling under this paragraph, the\nattending physician may arrange for another physician to do so, or shall\nrefer or transfer the patient to another physician willing to do so;\n (e) ensure that the patient is making an informed decision by\ndiscussing with the patient: (i) the patient's medical diagnosis and\nprognosis; (ii) the potential risks associated with taking the\nmedication to be prescribed; (iii) the probable result of taking the\nmedication to be prescribed; (iv) the possibility that the patient may\nchoose to obtain the medication but not take it; (v) the feasible\nalternatives and appropriate treatment options, including but not\nlimited to (1) information and counseling regarding palliative and\nhospice care and end-of-life options appropriate to the patient,\nincluding but not limited to: the range of options appropriate to the\npatient; the prognosis, risks and benefits of the various options; and\nthe patient's legal rights to comprehensive pain and symptom management\nat the end of life; and (2) information regarding treatment options\nappropriate to the patient, including the prognosis, risks and benefits\nof the various treatment options;\n (f) offer to refer the patient for other appropriate treatment\noptions, including but not limited to palliative care and hospice care;\n (g) provide health literate and culturally appropriate educational\nmaterial regarding hospice and palliative care that has been prepared by\nthe department in consultation with representatives of hospice and\npalliative care providers from all regions of New York state, and that\nis available on the department's website for access and download,\nprovided, however, an otherwise eligible patient cannot be denied care\nunder this article if these materials are not developed by the effective\ndate of this article;\n (h) discuss with the patient the importance of:\n (i) having another person present when the patient takes the\nmedication and the restriction that no person other than the patient may\nadminister the medication;\n (ii) not t
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