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N.Y. Public Health Law § 1520 County mosquito control commission; appointment; membership
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§ 1520. County mosquito control commission; appointment; membership. 1. Within ten days after the presentation of a petition for the establishment of a county mosquito control commission, signed and acknowledged by two hundred residents of the county in the same manner as are de…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1521 County mosquito control commission; terms of office; oath
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§ 1521. County mosquito control commission; terms of office; oath. 1. The terms of office of all members of each county mosquito control commission, appointed after the expiration of the first appointment, shall be four years. 2. The members first appointed to the county mosquit…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1522 County mosquito control commission; compensation; expenses; officers
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§ 1522. County mosquito control commission; compensation; expenses; officers. 1. All members of a county mosquito control commission shall serve without compensation, except that the necessary expenses of each member for actual attendance at meetings of such commission shall be …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1523 County mosquito control commission; legal entity
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§ 1523. County mosquito control commission; legal entity. From and after the appointment, qualification and organization of its members the county mosquito control commission shall become and be a body corporate and politic, under the name given in such petition, and by such nam…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1524 County mosquito control commission; employees; duties and compensation
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§ 1524. County mosquito control commission; employees; duties and compensation. 1. Each county mosquito control commission, may, with the approval of the board of supervisors of the county, appoint and employ such clerks, assistants, inspectors and day laborers as may be necessa…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1525 County mosquito control commission; powers and duties; entry on lands
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§ 1525. County mosquito control commission; powers and duties; entry on lands. 1. Each county mosquito control commission shall use every means feasible and practicable to suppress mosquitoes, ticks, flies and other hominoxious arthropods of every kind requiring community action…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1526 County mosquito control commission; owners' claims, damages and payments
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§ 1526. County mosquito control commission; owners' claims, damages and payments. 1. Any person objecting to or who is aggrieved or who claims damages due to the execution of the work of the commission, shall file a protest with the commission setting forth his grievance or clai…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1527 County mosquito control commission; obstructions; interferences; violations
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§ 1527. County mosquito control commission; obstructions; interferences; violations. Any person who obstructs or interferes with the entry of the county mosquito control commission or its employees upon land, or who obstructs or interferes with, molests, or damages any of the wo…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1528 County mosquito control commission; estimate and approval of annual requirements; power and duty of commissioner
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§ 1528. County mosquito control commission; estimate and approval of annual requirements; power and duty of commissioner. 1. Each county mosquito control commission shall, on or before the first day of October in each year, file with the commissioner and with the board of superv…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1529 County mosquito control commission; construction of law
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§ 1529. County mosquito control commission; construction of law. Nothing in this article shall be construed to alter, amend, modify or repeal any of the provisions of article thirteen of this chapter, or any of the provisions of the conservation law except to the extent that the…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1530 County mosquito control commission; annual report
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§ 1530. County mosquito control commission; annual report. It shall be the duty of each county mosquito control commission, on or before the first day of September in each year, to submit to the commissioner and to the board of supervisors in the county comprised within a mosqui…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1531 County mosquito control commission; regulations by board of supervisors as to purchases, contracts and expenditures
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§ 1531. County mosquito control commission; regulations by board of supervisors as to purchases, contracts and expenditures. Such mosquito extermination commission shall not pay any accounts or claims, make any contracts or expenditures or purchase any materials, supplies or equ…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 16 Summary action
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§ 16. Summary action. Whenever the commissioner, after investigation, is of the opinion that any person is causing, engaging in or maintaining a condition or activity which in his opinion constitutes danger to the health of the people, and that it therefore appears to be prejudi…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1601 Legislative findings and purpose
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§ 1601. Legislative findings and purpose. Pesticides have proved valuable in the control of harmful insects, weeds, fungi and other forms of plant and animal life. When used indiscriminately, however, they may injure crops, whether or not directly treated, contaminate the air, s…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1602 Definition
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§ 1602. Definition. When used in this article, the term "pesticide" means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any insect, rodent, fungi, weeds, or other forms of plant or animal life or viruses, except viruses on o…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1603 Creation of pesticide control board
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§ 1603. Creation of pesticide control board. 1. There is hereby created within the department of health a pesticide control board. Such board shall have seven voting members, who shall be the commissioners of agriculture and markets, commerce, conservation, education and health,…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1604 Organization of pesticide control board
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§ 1604. Organization of pesticide control board. 1. The chairman of the board shall be the commissioner of health. 2. The board shall appoint an executive secretary who shall act as the administrative agent of the board, keep a record of all meetings of the board and perform suc…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1605 Meetings
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§ 1605. Meetings. 1. The board shall meet at least once every three months. Special meetings shall be called by the chairman on his own initiative or upon the written request of two voting members. Ten days' written notice of the time, place and purpose of each meeting shall be …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1606 Functions, powers and duties
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§ 1606. Functions, powers and duties. 1. The board (a) may prepare and recommend rules and regulations, or amendment or repeal thereof, for controlling the use, transportation, storage and disposal of pesticides consistent with the declared purpose of this article and (b) shall …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1607 Cooperation with other departments
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§ 1607. Cooperation with other departments. The board may request from any department, division, board, bureau, commission or other agency of the state, and the same are authorized to provide, without additional compensation, such assistance, services and data as may be necessar…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1608 Loans and grants
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§ 1608. Loans and grants. The board shall have the power to accept and administer loans and grants from the federal government and other sources, public or private, for carrying out its functions under this article.
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1609 Conflicting laws
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§ 1609. Conflicting laws. Nothing in this article shall be deemed to derogate or detract from the functions, powers and duties of any department or agency of the state prescribed by law.
N.Y. Public Health Law § 17 Release of medical records
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§ 17. Release of medical records. Upon the written request of any competent patient, parent or guardian of an infant, a guardian appointed pursuant to article eighty-one of the mental hygiene law, or conservator of a conservatee, an examining, consulting or treating physician or…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1700 Definitions
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§ 1700. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Vapor products" shall mean any vapor product, as defined by section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa of this chapter, intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for th…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1701 Disclosure
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§ 1701. Disclosure. 1. Manufacturers of vapor products or e-cigarettes distributed, sold, or offered for sale in this state, whether at retail or wholesale, shall furnish to the commissioner for public record and post on such manufacturer's website, in a manner prescribed by the…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 1702 Penalties
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§ 1702. Penalties. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, any manufacturer who violates any of the provisions of, or who fails to perform any duty imposed by, this article or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, shall be liable, in the case of a first vio…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 18 Access to patient information
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* § 18. Access to patient information. 1. Definitions. For the purpose of this section: (a) "Committee" means a medical access review committee appointed pursuant to subdivision four of this section. (b) "Health care provider" or "provider" means a "health care facility" or a "h…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 18*2 Registration and notification of boards of directors or trustees of certain voluntary, not-for-profit facilities or corporations
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* § 18. Registration and notification of boards of directors or trustees of certain voluntary, not-for-profit facilities or corporations. 1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation, the executive director, chairperson or president of a voluntary, not-for-profit corpora…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 18-A Disclosure of information
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§ 18-a. Disclosure of information. 1. Each health care professional licensed, registered or certified pursuant to title eight of the education law shall, upon request, provide to his or her patient or prospective patient the following: (a) information related to the health care …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 18-B Procedures in the course of education or training; consent
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§ 18-b. Procedures in the course of education or training; consent. In the case of any health care procedure or examination, the fact that it is performed in the course of education or training shall not diminish the requirement for informed consent for the procedure or examinat…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 18-C Separate patient consent for treatment and payment for health care services
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§ 18-c. Separate patient consent for treatment and payment for health care services. Informed consent from a patient to provide any treatment, procedure, examination or other direct health care services shall be obtained separately from such patient's consent to pay for the serv…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 19 Reasonable charges for medicare beneficiaries
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§ 19. Reasonable charges for medicare beneficiaries. 1. No physician\nlicensed under article one hundred thirty-one of the education law shall\ncharge from a beneficiary of health insurance under title XVIII of the\nfederal social security act (medicare) any amount in excess of …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2 Definitions
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§ 2. Definitions. 1. Whenever used in this chapter, unless otherwise\nexpressly stated or unless the context or subject matter requires a\ndifferent meaning, the following terms shall have the respective\nmeanings hereinafter set forth or indicated:\n (a) Department. The term "d…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 20 Accelerated death benefits
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§ 20. Accelerated death benefits. 1. For purposes of this section, "health care facility" means a hospital and residential health care facility as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter, a home care services agency as defined in article thirty-six of this chapter, a hos…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 200 Department of health; continuation
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§ 200. Department of health; continuation. There shall continue to be in the state government a department of health. The head of the department shall be the commissioner of health of the state of New York.
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2000 Definition
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§ 2000. Definition. As used in this article, "facility" shall mean any governmental or private agency, department, institution, clinic, laboratory, hospital, nursing care facility, health maintenance organization, association or other similar entity that provides medical care. …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2001 Physicians and facilities; duty to report
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§ 2001. Physicians and facilities; duty to report. An attending physician or a person representing or employed by a facility as defined by the commissioner shall report the existence of Alzheimer's disease to the department when the physician or other person diagnoses or confirm…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2002 Contents of report
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§ 2002. Contents of report. The report as set forth in section two thousand one of this article shall be designated an Alzheimer's disease report and shall contain information which the commissioner establishes as necessary to identify, locate and investigate the occurrence, fre…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2003 Duties of department
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§ 2003. Duties of department. 1. Alzheimer's disease reports and data shall be maintained by the department in a manner suitable for research purposes, and shall be made available to persons as set forth in subdivision two of this section. 2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent pro…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2004 Duties of commissioner
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§ 2004. Duties of commissioner. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this article, including but not limited to: 1. defining a person representing or employed by a facility and defining a person with a valid scientific interest; …
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2004-A Coordinating council for services related to Alzheimer's disease and other dementia
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§ 2004-a. Coordinating council for services related to Alzheimer's disease and other dementia. 1. There is hereby created in the department of health a coordinating council for services related to Alzheimer's disease and other dementia, to facilitate interagency planning and pol…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2005 Legislative intent
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§ 2005. Legislative intent. 1. The legislature finds that Alzheimer's disease and related dementing illnesses which destroy certain vital cells in the brain, currently affect more than four hundred thousand New Yorkers. Although these diseases are not limited to the elderly, med…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2006 Grants
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§ 2006. Grants. Subject to amounts expressly appropriated therefor, the commissioner is authorized to award grants to applicants approved by the department for the Alzheimer's Community Assistance Program (ACAP) which is hereby established within the department. Applicants shall…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2007 Services to be provided
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§ 2007. Services to be provided. The Alzheimer's Community Assistance Program shall undertake the following services: 1. To establish and operate self-help support groups for family members of persons with Alzheimer's disease residing at home. 2. To provide training programs and…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2008 Apportionment
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§ 2008. Apportionment. Grants awarded pursuant to this article in any given fiscal year shall be apportioned out of the total funds appropriated for this purpose, to applicants based on the size of the Alzheimer's community served in proportion to the monies available as determi…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2009 Availability of funds
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§ 2009. Availability of funds. The funds appropriated pursuant to this article for services and expenses of the Alzheimer's Community Assistance Program (ACAP) to serve persons with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers shall be made available to the commissioner for expenses…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 201 Functions, powers and duties of the department
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§ 201. Functions, powers and duties of the department. 1. The department shall, as provided by law: (a) supervise the work and activities of the local boards of health and health officers throughout the state, unless otherwise provided by law; (b) supervise and control the regis…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2010 Definitions
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§ 2010. Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Parkinson's disease" means a chronic and progressive neurologic disorder resulting from deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine as the consequence of specific degenerativ…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2011 Duty to report
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§ 2011. Duty to report. 1. Every physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant and general hospital that diagnoses or is treating a patient diagnosed with Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonisms, shall give notice no later than one hundred eighty days of every case of Parkinso…
N.Y. Public Health Law § 2012 Establishment of registry
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§ 2012. Establishment of registry. 1. The department shall establish a Parkinson's disease registry for the collection of information on the incidence and prevalence of Parkinson's disease and Parkinsonisms. The department may consult with Parkinson's disease experts, including …