Section 80.11. Effect of determination that a person is in need of surrogate decision-making

The determination by a panel that a patient is in  need  of  surrogate
  decision-making  under  this article shall not be construed or deemed to
  be a determination that such person is impaired or incompetent  pursuant
  to  article seventy-seven or seventy-eight of this chapter, nor shall it
  be valid for any other purpose or any other  future  medical  treatment,
  unless  the  determination  explicitly  applies to related or continuing
  treatment necessitated  by  the  original  treatment.  Nothing  in  this
  article  shall  be  construed  to limit the availability of other lawful
  means to  obtain  substitute  consent  for  medical  treatment,  without
  utilizing  the  procedures set forth in this article. No person shall be
  deemed to have failed to exhaust administrative remedies by commencing a
  legal action to obtain consent to or refusal of medical treatment in the
  absence  of  or  prior  to  a  review  of  the  case  by   a   surrogate
  decision-making committee or panel.