Title PBH, Public Health

§ 234. Legislative findings and intent. The legislature hereby finds,\ndetermines, and declares that:\n 1. There is a necessity to address different approaches to rural\nhealth care delivery in the state. These approaches need to support\ndiverse community and individual needs i…

§ 235. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n 1. "Rural area" shall mean a county with a population of two hundred\nthousand persons or less, or a town with a population density of one\nhundred fifty persons or less per square mile.\n 2. "Rural health care provider" or…

§ 236. Charles D. Cook office of rural health created. There is\nhereby created the Charles D. Cook office of rural health within the\nstate department of health. Such office shall:\n 1. Integrate and coordinate selected state health care grant and loan\nprograms established spe…

§ 236-a. Study of health professional employment incentives. 1. The\nlegislature hereby finds and declares that:\n a. Some parts of rural New York are suffering from physician and nurse\npractitioner shortages forcing residents to forego proper care or travel\nlong distances to …

§ 236-b. Rural health council. 1. There shall be established within\nthe office a rural health council to be composed of twenty-one members\nwho shall be appointed by the governor, with ten of these members\nappointed as follows:\n a. four members upon the recommendation of the …

§ 237. Preparation and distribution of reports. The department shall\nsubmit a biennial report to the governor and the legislature describing\nthe activities of the office and health status of rural areas. The first\nsuch report shall be transmitted on or before September first,…

§ 238. Definitions. As used in this title, the following terms shall\nhave the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires\notherwise:\n 1. "Clinical laboratory services" shall mean the microbiological,\nserological, chemical, hematological, biophysical, cytological …

§ 238-a. Prohibition of financial arrangements and referrals. 1. (a)\nA practitioner authorized to order clinical laboratory services,\npharmacy services, radiation therapy services, physical therapy services\nor x-ray or imaging services may not make a referral for such service…

§ 238-b. Provider requests for payment. Each request for payment or\nbill submitted by a health care provider for clinical laboratory,\npharmacy services, radiation therapy services, physical therapy services\nor x-ray or imaging services for which the provider knows or has reas…

§ 238-c. Provider reporting requirements. Each health care provider\nproviding clinical laboratory, pharmacy services, radiation therapy\nservices, physical therapy services or x-ray or imaging services shall\nreport to the commissioner in writing every two years information\nco…

§ 238-d. Practitioner disclosure requirements. 1. With respect to\nreferrals not prohibited pursuant to this title, and except as provided\nin subdivision three of this section, a practitioner may not make a\nreferral to a health care provider for the furnishing of any health or…

§ 238-e. Study of referrals by practitioners. 1. The commissioner may\nconduct a study of the ownership of or financial interests in health\ncare providers by referring practitioners. Such study shall investigate:\n(a) the types of such ownership arrangements and types of servic…

§ 239. Course work or training in infection control practices. (a)\nEvery physician, physician assistant and specialist assistant practicing\nin the state shall, on or before July first, nineteen hundred\nninety-four and every four years thereafter, complete course work or\ntrai…

§ 239-a. Infection control guidelines. The commissioner shall develop\nevidence-based guidelines that identify key infection control practices\nin inpatient and outpatient medical care settings. Such guidelines shall\nspecifically cover safe injection practices. On or before Jan…

§ 239-b. Study on multidose vials and disposable medical equipment.\nThe department shall conduct a study on medications packaged in\nmultidose vials and disposable medical equipment, including but not\nlimited to syringes, needles, stopcocks and tubing. Such study shall\nexamin…

§ 24. Disclosure. 1. A health care professional, or a group practice\nof health care professionals, a diagnostic and treatment center or a\nhealth center defined under 42 U.S.C. § 254b on behalf of health care\nprofessionals rendering services at the group practice, diagnostic a…

* § 240. State health areas; establishment; regional and district;\nappointment of officers. 1. The commissioner shall from time to time\ndivide the state, except cities of the first class, into as many\nregional and district health areas as he may determine to be necessary\nfor…

* § 240. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:\n 1. "Underserved populations" shall mean those who have experienced\ninjustices and disadvantages as a result of their race, ethnicity,\nsexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability\nstatus, age, immi…

§ 2400. Cancer; powers and duties of commissioner. The commissioner\nshall conduct investigations of the cause, mortality, methods of\ntreatment, prevention and cure of cancer, and allied diseases, including\nthe nature and extent of the facilities available in the several\ncoun…

§ 2401. Cancer; duty to report. 1. Every physician, dentist and other\nhealth care provider shall give notice immediately but not later than\none hundred eighty days of every case of cancer or other malignant\ndisease coming under his or her care, to the department, except as\no…

§ 2401-a. Skin cancer reporting. The department shall submit a written\nreport every three years, commencing January first, two thousand\neighteen, to the governor and the legislature on the incidence of skin\ncancer in the state of New York, by type and as a percentage of the\n…

* § 2401-b. Cancer incidence and environmental facility maps. 1. For\npurposes of this section, "environmental facility" shall have the same\nmeaning as provided in section 3-0317 of the environmental conservation\nlaw.\n 2. For purposes of this section, "cancer incidence and en…

§ 2402. Cancer; reports confidential. The reports of cancer cases\nmade pursuant to the provisions of this article shall not be divulged or\nmade public so as to disclose the identity of any person to whom they\nrelate, by any person, except in so far as may be authorized in the…

§ 2403. Cancer; compulsory submission for supervision or inspection\nnot required. Nothing in this article shall be construed to compel any\nindividual to submit to medical or health department supervision or\ninspection.\n

§ 2404. Breast cancer; duty to inform. 1. The commissioner shall\ndevelop a standardized written summary, in plain non-technical language,\nwhich shall explain the alternative medically viable methods of treating\nbreast cancer, including but not limited to hormonal, radiologica…

§ 2404-a. Prostate cancer; duty to inform. 1. The commissioner shall\ndevelop a standardized written summary, in plain non-technical language,\nwhich shall explain the following:\n (a) the symptoms and risk factors for prostate cancer;\n (b) the available methods for the detecti…

§ 2404-b. Breast cancer; duty of providers of mammography services to\nascertain and provide clinical breast examination information. Every\nprovider who provides mammography services shall ascertain when, or if,\ntheir patients have had a clinical breast examination prior to pr…

§ 2404-c. Breast cancer; duty of providers of mammography services to\nnotify and inform. Every provider of mammography services shall, if a\npatient's mammogram demonstrates dense breast tissue, provide\nnotification to such patient that shall include, but not be limited to,\nt…

§ 2404-d. Breast cancer; duty to provide extended hours. 1.\nApplicability. This section shall apply to any general hospital or\nextension clinic that is certified as a mammography facility pursuant to\nthe federal mammography quality standards act (MQSA).\n 2. Extended service …

§ 2405. Cancer detection and education program; establishment. 1.\nThere is hereby created within the department the cancer detection and\neducation program, also known as the cancer services program. This\nprogram is established to promote screening and detection of cancer\namo…

§ 2406. Grants to approved organizations. 1. The commissioner shall\nmake grants within the amounts appropriated to approved organizations\nfor the provision of services relating to the evidence based screening\nand detection of cancer as part of this program. Such services shal…

§ 2406-a. Grants to community-based organizations. 1. The commissioner\nshall make grants within any such amount as may be appropriated\nspecifically for community-based organizations for the provision of\ncounseling, education and outreach programs for persons diagnosed with\nb…

§ 2408. Annual report. The commissioner shall submit on or before\nDecember first, an annual report to the governor and the legislature\nconcerning the operation of the breast and cervical cancer detection and\neducation program. Commencing in nineteen hundred ninety-five, such\…

§ 2409. Ovarian cancer information program. 1. There is hereby created\nwithin the department the ovarian cancer information program (referred\nto in this section as the "program"), which shall provide information\nfor consumers, patients, and health care providers relating to o…

§ 2409-a. Advisory council. 1. There is hereby established in the\ndepartment the cancer detection and education program advisory council,\nfor the purpose of advising the commissioner with regards to providing\ninformation to consumers, patients, and health care providers relat…

* § 241. Regional health directors; powers and duties. Each regional\nhealth director, subject to the provisions of this chapter and the\nsanitary code, shall act as the representative of the commissioner in\nall matters affecting public health within his region and shall perfor…

* § 241. Office of health equity created. There is hereby created an\noffice of health equity within the state department of health. Such\noffice shall:\n 1. Work collaboratively with other state agencies and affected\nstakeholders, including providers and representatives of und…

§ 2410. Health research science board. 1. There is hereby established\nin the department the health research science board. The board shall be\ncomprised of seventeen voting members, three non-voting regional members\nand three non-voting ex-officio members as follows:\n (a) twe…

§ 2411. Powers and duties of the board. 1. The board shall:\n (a) Survey state agencies, boards, programs and other state\ngovernmental entities to assess what, if any, relevant data has been or\nis being collected which may be of use to researchers engaged in breast\ncancer res…

§ 2412. Agency implementation. All state agencies, including, but not\nlimited to, the departments of agriculture and markets, environmental\nconservation, and health, shall review their programs and operations\n(pursuant to guidelines established by the board) to determine whet…

§ 2413. Biennial report. The commissioner shall submit a report on or\nbefore January first commencing in nineteen hundred ninety-nine, and\nbiennially thereafter, to the governor, the temporary president of the\nsenate and the speaker of the assembly concerning the operation of…

* § 242. District health officers; powers and duties. 1. Each state\ndistrict health officer, under the direction of the commissioner and\nsubject to the provisions of this chapter and the sanitary code, shall\nact under the immediate supervision of the regional health director …

* § 242. Preparation and distribution of reports. The department shall\nsubmit a biennial report to the governor and the legislature describing\nthe activities of the office and health status of minority areas. The\nfirst such report shall be transmitted on or before September f…

§ 2420. Cancer institute; continued. The state institute for the study\nof malignant diseases, known as the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, is\nhereby continued under the management and control of the department.\n

§ 2421. Cancer institute; functions; powers and duties. 1. The state\ninstitute for the study of malignant diseases, shall conduct\ninvestigations of the cause, mortality, treatment, prevention and cure\nof cancer and allied diseases.\n 2. Persons afflicted with cancer or allied…

§ 2422. Cancer institute; commissioner's duty to publish reports. The\ncommissioner shall publish from time to time the result of the\ninvestigations by the state institute for the study of malignant\ndiseases for the benefit of humanity, and from time to time, he shall\ncollate…

§ 2423. Cancer institute; administration of gifts and trusts. The\ncommissioner, as the successor of the board of trustees of the state\ninstitute for the study of malignant diseases, shall execute and\nadminister any gifts, transfer or trust heretofore made to or for the\nbenef…

* § 243. State health areas; professional and other employees.\nWhenever he may deem it expedient so to do, the commissioner may employ\nsuch professional or other assistants or employees as he shall consider\nnecessary within the limits of his appropriation, and may assign them…

* § 243. Health equity council. 1. Appointment of members. There shall\nbe established in the office of health equity a health equity council to\nconsist of the commissioner and fourteen members to be appointed by the\ngovernor with the advice and consent of the senate. Membersh…

§ 244. Transgender and non-binary (TGNB) wellness and equity program.\n1. The department, through the AIDS institute, shall establish and\noperate a transgender and non-binary (TGNB) wellness and equity program\nas authorized pursuant to this section. Such program shall be\nesta…