§ 2994-a. Definitions. The following words or phrases, used in this\narticle, shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise\nrequires:\n 1. "Adult" means any person who is eighteen years of age or older or\nhas married.\n 2. "Attending practitioner" means a physician, nurse practitioner or\nphysician assistant, selected by or assigned to a patient pursuant to\nhospital policy, who has primary responsibility for the treatment and\ncare of the patient. Where more than one physician, nurse practitioner\nor physician assistant shares such responsibility, or where a physician,\nnurse practitioner or physician assistant is acting on the attending\npractitioner's behalf, any such physician, nurse practitioner or\nphysician assistant may act as an attending practitioner pursuant to\nthis article.\n 2-a. "Attending nurse practitioner" means a nurse practitioner,\nselected by or assigned to a patient pursuant to hospital policy, who\nhas primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient.\nWhere more than one physician and/or nurse practitioner shares such\nresponsibility, or where a physician or nurse practitioner is acting on\nthe attending physician's or attending nurse practitioner's behalf, any\nsuch physician or nurse practitioner may act as an attending physician\nor attending nurse practitioner pursuant to this article.\n 3. "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation" means measures, as specified in\nregulations promulgated by the commissioner, to restore cardiac function\nor to support ventilation in the event of a cardiac or respiratory\narrest. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation shall not include measures to\nimprove ventilation and cardiac function in the absence of an arrest.\n 4. "Close friend" means any person, eighteen years of age or older,\nwho is a close friend of the patient, or a relative of the patient\n(other than a spouse, adult child, parent, brother or sister), who has\nmaintained such regular contact with the patient as to be familiar with\nthe patient's activities, health, and religious or moral beliefs, and\nwho presents a signed statement to that effect to the attending\npractitioner.\n 5. "Decision-making capacity" means the ability to understand and\nappreciate the nature and consequences of proposed health care,\nincluding the benefits and risks of and alternatives to proposed health\ncare, and to reach an informed decision.\n 5-a. "Decisions regarding hospice care" means the decision to enroll\nor disenroll in hospice, and consent to the hospice plan of care and\nmodifications to that plan.\n 6. "Developmental disability" means a developmental disability as\ndefined in subdivision twenty-two of section 1.03 of the mental hygiene\nlaw.\n 7. "Domestic partner" means a person who, with respect to another\nperson:\n (a) is formally a party in a domestic partnership or similar\nrelationship with the other person, entered into pursuant to the laws of\nthe United States or of any state, local or foreign jurisdiction, or\nregistered as the domestic partner of the other person with any registry\nmaintained by the employer of either party or any state, municipality,\nor foreign jurisdiction; or\n (b) is formally recognized as a beneficiary or covered person under\nthe other person's employment benefits or health insurance; or\n (c) is dependent or mutually interdependent on the other person for\nsupport, as evidenced by the totality of the circumstances indicating a\nmutual intent to be domestic partners including but not limited to:\ncommon ownership or joint leasing of real or personal property; common\nhouseholding, shared income or shared expenses; children in common;\nsigns of intent to marry or become domestic partners under paragraph (a)\nor (b) of this subdivision; or the length of the personal relationship\nof the persons.\n Each party to a domestic partnership shall be considered to be the\ndomestic partner of the other party. "Domestic partner" shall not\ninclude a person wh
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