Title PBH, Public Health

§ 4000. Legislative declaration. The legislature finds and declares\nthat hospice is a socially and financially beneficial alternative to\nconventional curative care for those afflicted by terminal illness. It\nfurther finds that hospice is a unique, interdisciplinary program of…

§ 4002. Definitions. As used in this article, the following words and\nphrases shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "Hospice" means a coordinated program of home and in-patient care\nwhich treats the terminally ill patient and family as a unit, employing\nan interdisciplinary…

§ 4004. Establishment of hospices. 1. The commissioner shall not\nissue a certificate of approval to any hospice except with the written\napproval of the public health and health planning council. However, a\nhospice demonstration program participant making application to the\nc…

§ 4006. Hospice construction. 1. The construction of a hospice shall\nrequire the prior approval of the commissioner.\n 2. An application for such construction shall be filed with the\ndepartment, together with such other forms and information as shall be\nprescribed by, or acce…

§ 4008. Certification of hospices. 1. The commissioner shall not issue\na certificate of approval to any hospice unless it complies with the\nprovisions of this article and the rules and regulations promulgated\npursuant thereto, in accordance with the standards and procedures\n…

§ 401. Land; purchase or acquisition. 1. The commissioner, when an\nappropriation therefor has been made by the legislature, may acquire any\nreal property which he may deem necessary for any departmental purpose\nby purchase or acquisition pursuant to the eminent domain procedu…

§ 4010. Powers and duties of the commissioner and the state hospital\nreview and planning council. 1. The commissioner shall have the power to\nconduct periodic inspections of hospices with respect to the fitness and\nadequacy of equipment, personnel, rules and bylaws, standards…

§ 4011. Quality assurance. 1. Every hospice is required to establish a\nquality assurance program which shall objectively and systematically\nmonitor and evaluate the quality and appropriateness of care and\nservices provided by the hospice.\n 2. The information required to be c…

§ 4012. Payment for hospice. 1. No government agency shall purchase,\npay for or make reimbursement or grants-in-aid for services provided by\na hospice unless, at the time the services were provided, the hospice\npossessed a valid certificate of approval.\n 2. Payments for hosp…

§ 4012-a. Hospice supplemental financial assistance program for\npersons with special needs. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law or\nregulation to the contrary, an additional amount may be added to a\nhospice's rate pursuant to the medical assistance program, subject to\napp…

§ 4012-b. Hospice palliative care. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of this article to the contrary, a hospice may also offer a\nprogram of palliative care for patients with advanced life-limiting\nconditions and illnesses and their families. Such a program may be\…

§ 4013. Hospice worker recruitment and retention program. 1. The\ncommissioner shall, subject to the provisions of subdivision two of this\nsection, increase medical assistance rates of payment by up to three\npercent for hospice services provided on and after December first, tw…

§ 4013-b. Home care services worker registry. A hospice program\nproviding hospice care in a patient's home shall comply with the home\ncare services worker registry under section thirty-six hundred thirteen\nof this chapter.\n

§ 4014. Hospice residence pilot program. 1. The commissioner is hereby\nauthorized to establish a hospice residence pilot program. Such program,\nsubject to the rules and regulations of the commissioner, shall\nauthorize the operation of not more than ten hospice residences oper…

§ 4015. Pilot program for all-inclusive care for children. 1. The\ncommissioner is hereby authorized to establish a pilot program for\nall-inclusive care for children. Such program, subject to the rules and\nregulations of the commissioner, shall consist of comprehensive hospice…

§ 403. Hospitals; property; authority to acquire and to hold. 1. The\nfollowing state hospitals are hereby continued in the department for the\npurposes for which they have been respectively established:\n (a) The Helen Hayes hospital;\n (b) Roswell Park Cancer Institute;\n (c) …

§ 403-a. The New York state home for veterans and their dependents at\nOxford. The New York state home for veterans and their dependents at\nOxford shall be subject to the provisions of this article except when\nsuch provisions are inconsistent with the provisions of article\ntw…

§ 403-b. The New York state home for veterans in the city of New York.\nThere is hereby established in the city of New York a New York state\nhome for veterans. Such home for veterans shall be subject to the\nprovisions of this article except when such provisions are inconsisten…

§ 403-c. The New York state home for veterans in western New York.\nThere is hereby established a state home for veterans in western New\nYork. Such home for veterans shall be subject to the provisions of this\narticle except when such provisions are inconsistent with the provis…

§ 403-d. The New York state home for veterans in the lower-Hudson\nValley. There is hereby established a state home for veterans in the\nlower-Hudson Valley. Such home for veterans shall be subject to the\nprovisions of this article except when such provisions are inconsistent\n…

§ 404. Hospitals; property; authority to acquire and to hold. 1. The\nboard of visitors of each state hospital in the department, as the agent\nof the department, is hereby authorized to take and hold, in the name of\nand for the people of the state, by grant, gift, devise or be…

§ 405. Hospitals; visitors and officers; oaths and bonds. 1. Each\ndirector, member of the board of visitors, and treasurer of the several\nstate hospitals in the department shall take the constitutional oath of\noffice.\n

§ 406. Hospitals; refunds, waivers and compromises of bills. 1.\nMoneys heretofore or hereafter received by the department for the\naccounts of any of the hospitals or institutions of the department may\nbe refunded to the person or party for whose account same were received,\na…

§ 407. Hospitals; privileges to students. 1. Whenever the person or\npersons having lawful control and management over any public hospital in\nany city or county in this state, shall grant to matriculated students\nof any legally incorporated medical college in said city or coun…

§ 408. Hospitals; admission of patients; in general. 1. If in the\njudgment of the director of a hospital in the department the number of\npatients of the hospital at any time so far exceeds its proper capacity\nthat suitable care, training or discipline cannot be given to addit…

§ 409. Department of health income fund. 1. There is established in\nthe custody of the comptroller a special account, to be known as the\ndepartment of health income fund.\n 2. (a) The commissioner shall, after the first day of July, nineteen\nhundred seventy-one, pay over mone…

§ 409-a. Department of health New York city veterans home income fund.\n1. There is established in the custody of the comptroller a special\naccount, to be known as the "department of health New York city veterans\nhome income fund", which shall be referred to in this section as…

§ 409-b. Distribution of surplus revenue. 1. Notwithstanding any\ninconsistent provisions of section four hundred nine of this article,\nthe commissioner shall establish a plan for distribution of surplus\nrevenue to the institutional program in accordance with the provisions\no…

§ 409-c. Powers and duties of the commissioner; administrative and\nfiscal functions. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections\nforty-four, forty-nine, fifty, fifty-one and ninety-three of the state\nfinance law, section nine of the public buildings law or any other\nprovis…

§ 410. Hospitals; reimbursement. No corporation organized and\noperating in accordance with article forty-three of the insurance law,\norganization operating in accordance with the provisions of article\nforty-four of this chapter, commercial insurer licensed to do business\nin …

§ 4100. Vital statistics; functions, powers and duties of the\ndepartment, commissioner and public health council. 1. The department\nshall, except in the city of New York:\n (a) have charge of the registration of births and deaths;\n (b) procure the faithful registration of bir…

§ 4100-a. Definitions. As used or referred to in this article:\n 1. The term "certified copy" means a photographic reproduction in the\nform of a photocopy or a microfilm print of the original certificate or\nelectronically produced print of the original certificate, commencing …

§ 4101. Vital statistics; enforcement. 1. The commissioner is hereby\ncharged with the execution of the provisions of this article and is\nhereby granted supervisory power over registrars, deputy registrars, and\nsubregistrars, to the extent that there shall be uniform complianc…

§ 4102. Vital statistics; violations; penalties. 1. Any person shall\nbe deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall for\nthe first offense be fined not less than five dollars nor more than\nfifty dollars and for each subsequent offense not less than ten do…

§ 4103. Vital statistics; evidence. 1. Certified copies of birth\ncertificates, certification of birth, certified or verified transcripts\nof birth certificates, certificates of birth data or certificates of\nregistration of birth shall be accepted by public school authorities i…

§ 4104. Vital statistics; application of article. The provisions of\nthis article except for the provisions contained in paragraph (i) of\nsubdivision two and subdivision four of section four thousand one\nhundred, section four thousand one hundred three, subdivision two of\nsec…

§ 4120. Vital statistics; registration districts; establishment. 1.\nExcept as otherwise provided in this article, each city, incorporated\nvillage and town in the state shall constitute a separate primary\nregistration district, except that the commissioner may designate any\nc…

§ 4121. Vital statistics; registrar; qualifications and appointment.\n1. In each primary registration district there shall be a registrar of\nvital statistics.\n 2. Qualifications of registrars of vital statistics hereafter\nappointed may be prescribed by the public health counc…

§ 4122. Vital statistics; deputy registrars and subregistrars;\nappointment. 1. Immediately upon his acceptance of appointment, each\nregistrar of vital statistics shall appoint a deputy whose duty it shall\nbe to act in his stead in case of his absence or inability, and such\nd…

§ 4123. Vital statistics; registrars; term of office; oath; removal.\n1. Unless the charter of the city or village shall provide otherwise,\nthe term of office of a registrar of vital statistics shall be four\nyears, except that in a town or village of the first class operating\…

§ 4124. Vital statistics; registrars and subregistrars; compensation\nand expenses. 1. Except as otherwise provided, each registrar shall be\npaid:\n (a) the sum of fifty cents for each birth certificate properly and\ncompletely made out, registered and promptly returned by him …

§ 4130. Births; registration. 1. Live birth is defined as the complete\nexpulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception,\nirrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which, after such separation,\nbreathes or shows any other evidence of life such as beating of …

§ 4131. Births; registration; foundlings. 1. The report of the finding\nof a child whose parents are unknown, filed by the commissioner of\nsocial services or by the city social services officer in accordance\nwith the provisions of subdivision two of section three hundred\nnine…

§ 4132. Birth certificate; form and content. 1. The certificate of\nbirth shall contain such information, including the social security\nnumbers of the parents, and be in such form as the commissioner may\nprescribe.\n 2. The personal particulars called for shall be obtained fro…

§ 4133. Birth certificate; incomplete; duty of registrar. 1. If a\ncertificate of birth is incomplete, the registrar of the district in\nwhich the birth occurred and with whom the certificate has been filed\nshall immediately notify the person who signed the record, and require\…

§ 4134. Birth certificate; unnamed child. 1. If a living child has not\nyet been named at the date of filing the certificate of birth, the space\nprovided for the given name of the child is to be left blank, to be\nfilled out subsequently by a supplemental report, as herein prov…

§ 4135. Birth certificate; child born out of wedlock. 1. (a) There\nshall be no specific statement on the birth certificate as to whether\nthe child is born in wedlock or out of wedlock or as to the marital name\nor status of the mother.\n (b) The phrase "child born out of wedlo…

§ 4135-a. Birth certificate; child born in prison. There shall be no\nspecific statement on the birth certificate as to the fact that a child\nwas born in prison.\n

§ 4135-b. Voluntary acknowledgments of parentage. 1. (a) Immediately\npreceding or following the in-hospital birth of a child to an unmarried\nperson or to a person who gave birth to a child conceived through\nassisted reproduction, the person in charge of such hospital or his o…

§ 4136. Birth certificate; statement as to blood test. 1. In reporting\nevery birth and fetal death, physicians and others permitted to attend\npregnancy cases and required to report births and fetal deaths shall\nstate on the birth certificate or fetal death certificate, as the…