217.996 Patient Rights in Skilled Nursing Facilities
The Medical Society of the State of New York will advocate to the Department of Health and the Legislature for patient rights in nursing facilities.
The Medical Society of the State of New York will encourage physicians to have informed consent discussions with patients in skilled facilities with regard to their dietary restrictions and medication protocols and when such patients express a judgment not to follow those protocols that they not be ordered for such patients.
The Medical Society of the State of New York will advocate for an inspection system of the inspectors to be sure there is consistency in the inspection process.
The Medical Society of the State of New York will solicit from its members, skilled nursing facilities and Article 28 facilities, examples of arbitrary and capricious enforcement of Health Department Code. (HOD 2012-211; Reaffirmed HOD 2022)
