Patients' Rights in New York State
- Deciding About Health Care - A Guide for Patients and Families (PDF, 406KB, 8pg.)
- Your Rights as a Hospital Patient in New York State - Revised July 2010
- Spanish Sus derechos como paciente hospitalizado en el estado de Nueva York - Added 1/19/2011 (PSF, 1.14MB, 44pg.)
- New York State Patients' Bill of Rights - Revised July 2010 (PDF, 11KB, 1pg.)
- Breastfeeding Mothers' Bill of Rights is available in Portable Document Format (PDF, 439KB, 2pg.)
- Spanish – Declaración de los derechos de las madres lactantes (PDF, 463KB, 2pg.)
- French – Charte des droits des mères allaitantes (PDF, 464KB, 2pg.)
- Chinese (PDF, 562KB, 2pg.)
- Italian – Dichiarazione sui diritti delle madri che allattano al seno (PDF, 463, 2pg.)
- Russian (PDF, 659KB, 2pg.)
- Haitian Creole (PDF, 461, 2pg.)
- Do I have the right to see my medical records?
- Your Rights as a Nursing Home Resident in New York State and Nursing Home Responsibilities
- When Your Home Is Inspected
- Discharge Planning
- Managed Care Bill of Rights
Advance Directives
- Health Care Proxy - Who Will Speak for You?
- Nonhospital Order Not To Resuscitate (DNR Order) (PDF, 23KB, 1pg.)
- Medical Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment (MOLST)
- Living Will
Funeral Rights
- A Consumer's Guide to Arranging a Funeral
- Before Prepaying Your Funeral, Know Your Rights
- Disposition of Remains
Related Links
- Patient Safety Program Bill
- Task Force on Life and the Law
- Statements on Telemedicine - Board for Professional Medical Conduct
- Palliative Care
Requests for any of the above documents in an alternate format can be made by sending an e-mail to: dohweb@health.state.ny.us
