Title PBH, Public Health

§ 301. Local boards of health; certain cities; appointment. 1. In\ncities under fifty thousand population according to the latest federal\nor state census or enumeration, the board of health shall consist of the\nmayor of the city who shall be its president, and six other person…

§ 3010. Area of operation; transfers. 1. Every ambulance service\ncertificate or statement of registration issued under this article shall\nspecify the primary territory within which the ambulance service shall\nbe permitted to operate. An ambulance service shall receive patient…

§ 3011. Powers and duties of the department and the commissioner. 1.\nThe department may inquire into the operation of ambulance services and\nadvanced life support first response services and conduct periodic\ninspections of facilities, communication services, vehicles, methods…

§ 3012. Enforcement. 1. Any ambulance service or advanced life\nsupport first response service certificate issued pursuant to section\nthree thousand five of this article may be revoked, suspended, limited\nor annulled by the department upon proof that the operator or\ncertifica…

§ 3013. Immunity from liability. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of any general, special or local law, a voluntary ambulance\nservice or voluntary advanced life support first response service\ndescribed in section three thousand one of this article and any member\…

§ 3014. Construction. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of\nany general, special or local law, the provisions of this article shall\nbe deemed to apply to the city of New York.\n

§ 3015. Separability. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or\npart of this article shall be adjudged by any court of competent\njurisdiction to be invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair or\ninvalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation\…

§ 3016. Continuance of rules and regulations. All rules and\nregulations heretofore adopted by the commissioner pertaining to all\nambulance services shall continue in full force and effect as rules and\nregulations until duly modified or superseded by rules and regulations\nher…

§ 3017. Emergency medical service, Suffolk county. 1. No ambulance\nservice or advanced life support first response service shall respond to\nany call or request for emergency medical services within a town,\nvillage or fire district in Suffolk county that currently provides\nam…

* § 3018. Community-based paramedicine demonstration program. 1. The\ndepartment shall establish a community paramedicine demonstration\nprogram to evaluate the role of emergency medical services personnel in\nthe delivery of health care services in the community in non-emergent…

§ 3019. Department review of comprehensive county emergency medical\nsystem plans. 1. The department, in consultation with the state\nemergency medical services council, the regional emergency medical\nservices councils, or any other group the department deems necessary,\nmay ma…

§ 302. Local boards of health; villages and towns; organization. 1.\nIn villages the board of health shall consist of the board of trustees\nof the village.\n 2. In towns the board of health shall consist of the town board.\n

§ 3020. Recruitment and retention. 1. The commissioner shall establish\nand fund within amounts appropriated, a public service campaign to\nrecruit additional personnel into the emergency medical system fields.\n 2. The commissioner shall establish and fund within amounts\nappro…

§ 303. Local boards of health; notice of organization. Notice of the\nmembership and organization of every local board of health shall be\ngiven forthwith by such board to the department.\n

§ 3030. Advanced life support services. Advanced life support\nservices provided by an advanced emergency medical technician, shall be\n(1) provided under the direction of qualified medical and health\npersonnel utilizing patient information and data transmitted by voice or\ntel…

§ 3031. Advanced life support system. Advanced life support system\nmust (1) be under the overall supervision and direction of a qualified\nphysician with respect to the advanced life support services provided,\n(2) be staffed by qualified medical and health personnel, (3) utili…

§ 3032. State emergency medical services task force. 1. The department\nshall develop a state emergency medical services (EMS) task force,\noperated by the department, that may coordinate and operate resources\nthat are needed around the state in situations including but not lim…

§ 3033. Rules and regulations. The commissioner, upon approval of the\nstate emergency medical services council, may promulgate rules and\nregulations to effectuate the purposes of this article, provided,\nhowever, that sections three thousand thirty and three thousand\nthirty-o…

§ 3034. Rules and regulations. The state council, with the approval of\nthe commissioner, shall promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate\nthe purposes of sections three thousand thirty and three thousand\nthirty-one of this article.\n

§ 304. Local boards of health; town boards; jurisdiction;\nappropriations. A town board of health shall not have jurisdiction over\nany city or incorporated village or part of such city or village in such\ntown unless otherwise provided by law. Appropriations for a town board\no…

§ 305. Local boards of health; compensation and expenses of members.\n1. The members of town boards and of village boards of trustees shall\nnot receive additional compensation by reason of serving as members of\nboards of health, except that in the case of a consolidated health…

§ 3050. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "emergency medical services personnel training act of nineteen\nhundred eighty-six".\n

§ 3051. Declaration of purpose. Emergency medical services provided\nto those suffering from sudden illness or injury have potential to\nreduce the incidence of disability and death and are therefore,\ninvaluable. A training program of high quality is the key to assuring\nthat e…

§ 3052. Establishment of a training program for emergency medical\nservices personnel. 1. There is hereby established a training program\nfor emergency medical services personnel including, but not limited to,\nfirst responders, emergency medical technicians, advanced emergency\…

§ 3053. Reporting. Advanced life support first response services and\nambulance services registered or certified pursuant to article thirty of\nthis chapter shall submit detailed individual call reports on a form to\nbe provided by the department, or may submit data electronical…

§ 3054. Emergency situations involving individuals with autism\nspectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. In coordination\nwith the commissioner of the office for people with developmental\ndisabilities, the commissioner shall provide the training program\nrelating…

§ 306. Local boards of health; expenses; payment. 1. All expenses\nincurred by any local board of health in the performance of the duties\nimposed upon it or its members by law shall be a charge upon the\nmunicipality, and shall be audited, levied, collected and paid in the\nsam…

§ 3060. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as\nthe "emergency medical, trauma care, and disaster preparedness act".\n

§ 3061. Declaration of purpose. Trauma is the leading cause of death\nand disability during the first four decades of life. In the aftermath\nof the events of September eleventh, two thousand one, the medical\nresponse to natural and man-made disasters is also recognized as a\np…

§ 3062. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "Emergency medical care" means the initial management, treatment,\nand transfer of suddenly ill or injured patients.\n 2. "Trauma care" means health care provided to patients at high risk\nof death or disability from multiple an…

§ 3063. State emergency medical advisory committee. 1. The state\nemergency medical advisory committee, in addition to the powers and\nresponsibilities described in section three thousand two-a of this\nchapter, shall advise the department and the commissioner regarding\nemergen…

§ 3064. State trauma advisory committee. 1. There is hereby continued\nin the department the state trauma advisory committee. It shall consist\nof trauma surgeons, trauma nurses, emergency physicians, emergency\nnurses, and other emergency medical and trauma care professionals\n…

§ 3065. Regional trauma advisory committees. 1. There are hereby\ncontinued or established in the department regional trauma advisory\ncommittees in each geographic area of the state. They shall consist of\ntrauma surgeons, trauma nurses, emergency physicians, emergency nurses,\…

§ 3066. Powers and duties of the department. 1. The department shall\ncontinue facilitation, development, and periodic revision of\nappropriateness review standards for emergency medical and trauma care,\nincluding appropriateness review standards for emergency departments and\n…

§ 307. Local boards of health; meetings. 1. Every local board of\nhealth shall meet at stated intervals to be fixed by it.\n 2. The presiding officer of every local board of health may call\nspecial meetings thereof when in his judgment the protection of the\npublic health of th…

§ 3070. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the\n"emergency medical services for children act".\n

§ 3071. Declaration of purpose. Sudden illness and injury in children\nwithin the state of New York are responsible for five percent of all\nambulance calls in children under ten years of age, ten percent of all\nambulance calls in children under eighteen years of age, twenty-fi…

§ 3072. Description. Emergency medical services for children is a\nsystem for the immediate recognition and management of sudden illness\nand injury in children that embraces the continuum of pediatric\nemergency medical, trauma, and disaster care, from prevention through\nrehab…

§ 3073. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. "State emergency medical services for children advisory committee"\nmeans the state emergency medical services for children advisory\ncommittee continued under this article.\n 2. "State emergency medical services council" means …

§ 3074. State emergency medical services for children advisory\ncommittee. 1. There is hereby continued in the department the state\nemergency medical services for children advisory committee. It shall\nconsist of child health professionals and child health advocates\nrepresenta…

§ 3075. Powers and duties of the department. 1. The department shall\ndevelop and maintain, with the advice of the state emergency medical\nservices for children advisory committee, the state emergency medical\nservices council, the state emergency medical advisory committee, an…

§ 308. Local boards of health; general powers and duties. Subject to\nthe provisions of this chapter and of the sanitary code, every local\nboard of health shall:\n (a) prescribe the duties and powers of the local health officer, who\nshall be its chief executive officer;\n (b) …

§ 309. Local boards of health; quasi-judicial powers; enforcement. 1.\nEvery local board of health may:\n (a) issue subpoenas which shall be regulated by the civil practice law\nand rules;\n (b) compel the attendance of witnesses;\n (c) administer oaths to witnesses and compel t…

§ 31. Establishment of the office of Medicaid inspector general. 1.\nThere is hereby created within the department the office of Medicaid\ninspector general. Pursuant to section three hundred sixty-three-a of\nthe social services law, the department is the single state agency fo…

§ 310. Local boards of health; modification of orders by commissioner.\nThe commissioner may annul or modify an order, regulation, by-law or\nordinance of a local board of health concerning a matter which in his\njudgment affects the public health beyond the territory over which…

§ 3100. Human blood and its derivatives; collection, processing,\nstorage and distribution; general powers of commissioner. 1. The\ncommissioner is hereby authorized:\n (a) to establish, equip, maintain and conduct a suitable program to\ncollect, process, store and distribute hu…

§ 311. Local boards of health; towns and villages; application of law.\nThe provisions contained in this article as to the local boards of\nhealth, and for the appointment of local health officers shall apply to\nall towns and villages, whether such villages are organized under\…

§ 312. City of New York; exceptions and limitations. Unless otherwise\nexpressly provided, the provisions of this article except section three\nhundred ten of this chapter shall not apply to the city of New York.\n

§ 3120. Blood collection; permit required; procedure.\n No person, firm or corporation shall collect human blood for the\npurpose of transfusion into another human being unless a permit has been\nissued pursuant to the provisions of title five of article five of this\nchapter.\n…

§ 3121. Council on human blood and transfusion services. 1. There is\nhereby created in the department a council on human blood and\ntransfusion services, hereinafter known as the "council," to consist of\nthe commissioner and eight other members appointed by the governor, with\…