Title PBH, Public Health

§ 2223. Tuberculosis; carelessness of patients; violation and penalty;\nduty of health officer. 1. Any person having tuberculosis who shall\ndispose of his sputum, saliva or other bodily secretion or excretion so\nas to cause offense or danger to any person or persons occupying …

§ 2224. Tuberculosis; false reports; violation and penalty. Any\nphysician or person practicing as a physician who shall wilfully make\nany false statement concerning the name, age, sex, color, occupation,\nplace where last employed if known, or address of any person reported as…

§ 2225. Tuberculosis; recovery of patient; duty to report. Upon the\nrecovery of any person having tuberculosis, it shall be the duty of the\nattending physician to make a report of this fact to the proper health\nofficer, who shall record the same in the records of his office, …

§ 2226. Tuberculosis; death or removal of patient from premises;\nnotice to health officer. In case of the vacation of any apartment or\npremises by the death or removal therefrom of a person having\ntuberculosis, it shall be the duty of the attending physician, or if\nthere be …

§ 2227. Tuberculosis; duty of public health council. The public\nhealth council shall include in the sanitary code regulations defining\nthe methods and precautions to be observed in disinfecting, cleansing,\nor renovating premises under the provisions of this article.\n

§ 2229. Tuberculosis; vaccine and vaccination. 1. No vaccine shall be\nused for the purpose of inducing immunity against tuberculosis in humans\nin this state unless produced in accordance with regulations established\nor approved by the commissioner.\n 2. Vaccination with such …

§ 223. Public health and health planning council; compensation and\nexpenses. The members of the public health and health planning council\nother than the commissioner of health shall receive no compensation for\ntheir services, but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and\…

§ 2230. Tuberculosis; violations and penalties. Any person violating\nany of the provisions of sections two thousand two hundred twenty to two\nthousand two hundred twenty-six, inclusive, of this chapter shall be\ndeemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall …

§ 224. Public health and health planning council; secretary,\nemployees. The commissioner upon request of the public health and health\nplanning council, shall designate an officer or employee of the\ndepartment to act as secretary of the public health and health planning\ncounc…

§ 224-b. Public health and health planning council; powers and duties;\nhealth care facilities, home care agencies and hospices. The public\nhealth and health planning council shall have such powers and duties as\nare set forth in this chapter, including the consideration of\nap…

§ 225. Public health and health planning council; powers and duties;\nsanitary code. 1. The public health and health planning council shall,\nat the request of the commissioner, consider any matter relating to the\npreservation and improvement of public health, and may advise th…

§ 226. Sanitary code; filing and publication. 1. Every regulation\nadopted by the public health and health planning council shall state the\ndate on which it takes effect, and a copy thereof, duly signed by the\nsecretary of the public health and health planning council, shall b…

§ 227. Sanitary code; certified copy; evidence. The sanitary code may\nbe read in evidence from the official compilation of codes, rules and\nregulations of the state of New York, or supplement thereto. To entitle\nany copy of the sanitary code, other than the official compilati…

§ 228. Sanitary code; application. 1. The provisions of the sanitary\ncode, unless otherwise stated by the public health and health planning\ncouncil, shall apply to and be effective in all portions of the state\nand shall supersede all local ordinances heretofore or hereafter e…

§ 229. Sanitary code; violation; penalties. The provisions of the\nsanitary code shall have the force and effect of law and the\nnon-compliance or non-conformance with any provision thereof shall\nconstitute a violation punishable on conviction for a first offense by a\nfine not…

§ 23. Claim forms. A non-participating physician shall include a claim\nform for a third-party payor with a patient bill for health care\nservices, other than a bill for the patient's co-payment, coinsurance or\ndeductible.\n

§ 230. State board for professional medical conduct; proceedings. 1. A\nstate board for professional medical conduct is hereby created in the\ndepartment in matters of professional misconduct as defined in sections\nsixty-five hundred thirty and sixty-five hundred thirty-one of …

* § 230-a. Penalties for professional misconduct. The penalties which\nmay be imposed by the state board for professional medical conduct on a\npresent or former licensee found guilty of professional misconduct under\nthe definitions and proceedings prescribed in section two hun…

* § 230-a. Infection control standards. Notwithstanding any law to the\ncontrary, including section sixty-five hundred thirty-two of the\neducation law, the department shall promulgate rules or regulations\ndescribing scientifically accepted barrier precautions and infection\nco…

§ 230-b. Disciplinary proceedings for physician's assistants and\nspecialist's assistants. Disciplinary proceedings involving physician's\nassistants and specialist's assistants shall be conducted in accordance\nwith the provisions of section two hundred thirty of this title.\n…

§ 230-c. Administrative review board for professional medical conduct.\n1. There is hereby created an administrative review board for\nprofessional medical conduct for the purpose of reviewing determinations\nof committees on professional conduct of the state board for\nprofessi…

§ 230-d. Office-based surgery. 1. The following words or phrases, as\nused in this section shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Accredited status" means the full accreditation by\nnationally-recognized accrediting agency(ies) determined by the\ncommissioner.\n (b) "Adverse …

§ 230-e. Unauthorized pelvic examinations. For the purposes of this\ntitle, professional misconduct shall include pelvic examinations or\nsupervising the performance of a pelvic examination in violation of\nsubdivision seven of section twenty-five hundred four of this chapter.\n…

§ 2304. Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment facilities;\nadministration. 1. It shall be the responsibility of each board of\nhealth of a health district to provide adequate facilities for the\ndiagnosis and treatment of persons living within its jurisdiction who\nare suspec…

§ 2305. Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment by licensed physician\nor staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions. 1. No person, other\nthan a licensed physician, or, in a hospital, a staff physician, shall\ndiagnose, treat or prescribe for a person who is infected with a\…

§ 2306. Sexually transmitted diseases; reports and information,\nconfidential. All reports or information secured by a board of health or\nhealth officer under the provisions of this article shall be\nconfidential except in so far as is necessary to carry out the purposes\nof th…

§ 2307. Venereal disease; person knowing himself to be infected. Any\nperson who, knowing himself or herself to be infected with an infectious\nvenereal disease, has sexual intercourse with another shall be guilty of\na misdemeanor.\n

§ 2308. Sexually transmitted disease; pregnant persons; blood test for\nsyphilis. 1. Every physician or other authorized practitioner attending\npregnant persons in the state shall in the case of every person so\nattended take or cause to be taken a sample of blood of such perso…

§ 2308-a. Sexually transmitted diseases; tests for sexually\ntransmitted diseases. 1. The administrative officer or other person in\ncharge of a clinic or other facility providing gynecological,\nobstetrical, genito-urological, contraceptive, sterilization or\ntermination of pre…

* § 231. New York state health service corps. 1. The commissioner\nshall establish within the department the New York state health service\ncorps (hereinafter "corps"). The commissioner shall have central\nresponsibility for administering the provisions of this title with\nrespe…

§ 2311. Sexually transmitted disease list. The commissioner shall\npromulgate a list of sexually transmitted diseases, such as gonorrhea\nand syphilis, for the purposes of this article. The commissioner, in\ndetermining the diseases to be included in such list, shall consider\nt…

§ 2312. Expedited partner therapy for chlamydia trachomatis infection\nand other sexually transmitted infections. 1. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law and consistent with section two thousand three hundred\nfive of this title, a health care practitioner (who is authori…

* § 232. Powers and duties. The commissioner shall, in consultation\nwith the commissioners of education, correctional services, mental\nhealth, mental retardation and developmental disabilities and the\npresident of the civil service commission, have the following powers and\nd…

§ 2320. Houses of prostitution; equipment; nuisance. 1. Whoever shall\nerect, establish, continue, maintain, use, own, or lease any building,\nerection, or place used for the purpose of lewdness, assignation, or\nprostitution is guilty of maintaining a nuisance.\n 2. The buildin…

§ 2321. Houses of prostitution; injunction; jurisdiction, complaint\nand parties to the action. 1. When a nuisance is kept, maintained, or\nexists, as defined in this article, the district attorney, or any\ncitizen of the county, or any society, association, or body incorporated…

§ 2322. Houses of prostitution; injunction; service of summons. The\nsummons in an action provided by section two thousand three hundred\ntwenty-one of this chapter, may be served as in a civil action except\nthat, in case service by publication is ordered, the mailing of a copy…

§ 2323. Houses of prostitution; injunction; temporary restraining\norder; service. 1. Where a permanent or temporary injunction is prayed\nfor, the court, or judge in vacation, on the application of the\nplaintiff, may issue an ex parte restraining order, restraining the\ndefend…

§ 2324. Houses of prostitution; injunction; trial of action. 1. The\naction for a permanent injunction instituted pursuant to this article,\nshall be triable at the first term of the supreme court after due and\ntimely notice has been served as in other actions.\n 2. If the comp…

§ 2324-a. Presumptive evidence. For the purposes of this title, two or\nmore convictions of any person or persons had, within a period of one\nyear, for any of the offenses described in section 230.00, 230.05,\n230.06, 230.08, 230.11, 230.12, 230.13, 230.20, 230.25, 230.30, 230.…

§ 2325. Houses of prostitution; injunction; withdrawal of complaint.\n1. If the complaint in an action instituted pursuant to the provisions\nof this article, is filed by any person or association, it shall not be\ndismissed except upon a sworn statement made by the complainant …

§ 2326. Houses of prostitution; injunction; dismissal; costs against\nplaintiff. If an action instituted pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle, is brought by any person or association and the court finds\nthere were not reasonable grounds or cause for said action the costs…

§ 2327. Houses of prostitution; injunction; scope; violation. 1. When\nan injunction has been granted pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle, it shall be binding on each defendant throughout the state, and\nany violation of the provisions of the injunction or temporary\nres…

§ 2328. Houses of prostitution; injunction; penalty for violation. A\nparty found guilty of contempt under the provisions of this article\nshall be punished by a fine of not less than three hundred nor more than\none thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not less than three no…

§ 2329. Houses of prostitution; injunction; order of abatement; sale\nand removal of property; fees. 1. If the existence of the nuisance be\nadmitted or established in an action as provided in this article, or in\na criminal proceeding in any court, an order of abatement shall b…

* § 233. New York state health service corps scholarship and\nfellowship program. 1. (a) New York state health service corps\nscholarships and fellowships for health corps professionals shall be\nawarded, within amounts appropriated, on a competitive basis, as\ndetermined by the…

§ 2330. Houses of prostitution; abatement; breaking, entering or using\nclosed building. If any person shall break and enter, or use a building,\nerection, or place directed to be closed pursuant to the provisions of\nthis article, he shall be punished as for contempt as provide…

§ 2331. Houses of prostitution; abatement; proceeds. 1. All moneys\ncollected under the provisions of sections two thousand three hundred\ntwenty to two thousand three hundred thirty-four, inclusive, of this\nchapter, shall be paid to the county treasurer.\n 2. The proceeds of t…

§ 2332. Houses of prostitution; abatement; release of property on\nfiling bond. 1. If the owner of the premises in which a nuisance, as\ndefined in this article, has been maintained appears and pays all costs\nof the proceeding and files a bond with sureties to be approved by th…

§ 2333. Houses of prostitution; injunction proceedings; witnesses and\nofficers fees. In any action brought to enjoin and abate a nuisance, as\ndefined in this article, no officer or witness shall be entitled to\nreceive in advance fees for service or attendance.\n

§ 2334. Houses of prostitution; criminal proceedings; duty of district\nattorney. 1. In case the existence of a nuisance as defined in this\narticle, is established, in a criminal action in a court other than the\nsupreme court it shall be the duty of the district attorney to pr…