Title PBH, Public Health

§ 1300. Nuisances; general powers of commissioner. 1. The\ncommissioner shall have all necessary powers to make investigations and\nexaminations into nuisances, or questions affecting the security of life\nand health in any locality.\n 2. The commissioner may from time to time e…

§ 1300-a. Putting noisome or unwholesome substances or maintaining\nnoisome business on or near highway. A person, who deposits, leaves or\nkeeps, on or near a highway or route of public travel, either on the\nland or on the water, any noisome or unwholesome substance, or\nestab…

§ 1300-b. Throwing gas tar or refuse into public waters. A person,\nwho throws or deposits gas tar, or the refuse of a gas house or gas\nfactory, or offal, refuse, or any other noxious, offensive, or poisonous\nsubstance into any public waters, or into any sewer or stream runnin…

§ 1300-c. Farming activities. Notwithstanding any other provision of\nlaw, the agricultural activities conducted on a farm, as defined in\nsection six hundred seventy-one of the labor law, shall not be\nconsidered a private nuisance, provided such agricultural activities\nwere c…

§ 1301. Nuisances; examination and abatement by order of governor;\nexpenses. 1. Whenever required by the governor, the commissioner shall\nmake an examination concerning nuisances or questions affecting the\nsecurity of life and health in any locality, and shall report the\nres…

§ 1302. Nuisances; local boards of health; duty to assist\ncommissioner. 1. Whenever requested by the commissioner, the board of\nhealth of any health district may appoint one of its members to act with\nand assist the commissioner during the investigation or examination of\nany…

§ 1303. Nuisances; local boards of health; general powers and duties.\n1. Every local board of health and local health officer shall receive\nand examine into all complaints made by any inhabitant concerning\nnuisances, or causes of danger or injury to life and health within the…

§ 1304. Nuisances; local health officers; general powers. The local\nhealth officer of a health district having no local board of health and\neach county health commissioner shall have authority equal to a local\nboard of health to investigate and abate public nuisances which ma…

§ 1305. Nuisances; abatement by local boards of health. 1. The\nowners, agents and occupants of any premises shall permit sanitary\nexaminations and inspections to be made pursuant to the provisions of\nthis article.\n 2. If the owner or occupant of any premises whereon any nuis…

§ 1306. Nuisances; abatement expenses. 1. The expense of suppression\nor removal of a nuisance or conditions detrimental to health shall be\npaid by the owner or occupant of the premises, or by the person who\ncaused or maintained such nuisance or other matters, and the board of…

§ 1307. Nuisances; abatement expenses; lien and execution. 1. If\nexecution upon a judgment for the recovery of the expense of the\nsuppression or removal of a nuisance or other matter, pursuant to an\norder or regulation of any local board of health is returned wholly or\nin pa…

§ 1308. Powers and duties of local boards of health. It shall be the\nduty of local boards of health to enforce the public health law, the\nstate sanitary code and local sanitary codes whether promulgated by the\ncounty or any of the political subdivisions within said county. A …

§ 1309. City of New York; exceptions. The provisions of sections one\nthousand three hundred three to one thousand three hundred seven of this\nchapter, inclusive, shall not apply to the city of New York.\n

§ 1310. Removal of canine wastes in cities with a population of four\nhundred thousand or more persons and in the cities of Yonkers and\nAlbany. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of law, rule or\nregulation, in cities with a population of four hundred thousand or more\npers…

§ 1311. Hand washing facilities at certain public establishments\nfeaturing animals. 1. All public establishments including, but not\nlimited to, carnivals, fairs and amusement parks, as such terms are\ndefined in section eight hundred seventy-c of the labor law, farms, and\nfar…

§ 1320. Noxious weeds and growths; declaration of nuisance. 1.\nWhenever in any health district there shall be growing on any property\ntherein any ragweed or other species of weed, plant or growth which is\nnoxious or detrimental to the public health, or the seed, pollen or\not…

§ 1321. Noxious weeds and growths; notice to abate; enforcement. 1.\nIn addition to the mode of service of any notice or order of any local\nboard of health authorized by any other section of this chapter, and\nduring the period or season when a particular and imminent danger to…

§ 1325. Tenement houses in cities; power of commissioner. 1. The\ncommissioner shall have power to examine into the enforcement of the\nlaws relating to tenement houses in any city.\n 2. Whenever required by the governor, the commissioner shall make such\nan examination and shal…

§ 1330. Labor camps; violations; notice; injunction; administrative\nproceedings. 1. When it appears to an officer that there has been a\nviolation of the public health law or sanitary code at or in relation to\nany labor camp and such violation continues two days after written\…

§ 1335. Certain businesses prohibited; application. 1. It shall not\nbe lawful for any person to engage in or carry on the business of fat\nrendering, boneboiling or the manufacture of fertilizers or any business\nas a public nuisance within the corporate limits of any incorpora…

§ 1336. Certain businesses prohibited; enforcement; violation. 1. All\ndepartments of health or the commissioner or commissioners thereof in\nany incorporated city of this state shall have power to enforce the\nprovisions of section thirteen hundred thirty-five of this chapter.\…

§ 1340. Bathing places; sanitary requirements. 1. It shall be\nunlawful for any person to maintain, either as owner or lessee, any\nbathing establishment of any kind, in this state, for the accommodation\nof persons, for pay, or any consideration, at a point less than five\nhund…

§ 1341. Bathing places; safety requirements; ropes and life\npreservers. 1. (a) It shall be the duty of every person maintaining, as\nowner or lessee, any bathing establishment of any kind along the\nseashore of this state for the accommodation of persons for pay, to\nprovide, f…

§ 1342. Bathing places; violations; penalties; enforcement. 1. Any\nperson violating any of the provisions of section thirteen hundred\nforty-one of this chapter, shall forfeit and pay a penalty of not less\nthan fifty dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars to be recovered b…

§ 1345. Hotel sanitation; sewage; ventilation. Every hotel shall be\nwell drained and ventilated and every hotel connected with a cesspool or\nlocated in any municipality having a sewer system shall be well\nventilated, drained, plumbed and connected according to sanitary\nprinc…

§ 1346. Hotel sanitation; bedding; sheets, towels, drinking glasses,\nsilverware and flatware. 1. Every hotel shall furnish each guest with\nclean linen or cotton individual towels in each room occupied by such\nguest, and also in the public lavatories and washrooms of such hote…

§ 1347. Hotel sanitation; enforcement; violations. 1. All departments\nand boards of health and the commissioner or commissioners thereof shall\nhave the power to enforce the provisions of sections thirteen hundred\nforty-five to thirteen hundred forty-seven, inclusive, of this …

§ 1348. Hotel sanitation; application of article. The provisions of\nsections thirteen hundred forty-five to thirteen hundred forty-seven,\ninclusive, of this chapter, shall not apply to cities having a\npopulation of one million inhabitants or over.\n

§ 1350. Food places; powers of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner\nshall have full power and authority to inspect and supervise all public\nplaces in this state in which food is prepared, sold or served.\n 2. The commissioner may appoint and designate, from time to time,\nper…

§ 1351. Food places; duty to permit inspections. Every owner,\noperator, lessor, lessee or person in charge of any hotel, restaurant,\ndining room, dining car, drug store, soda fountain, steamboat or other\nplace engaged in the preparation, sale or service of food for and to the…

§ 1352. Food places; sanitary requirements. 1. A person or corporation\nengaged in the preparation and sale of food in any hotel, public\nrestaurant, public dining room, dining car, drug store, soda fountain,\nsteamboat or in any other place where food is prepared, sold or serve…

§ 1352-a. Food places; toilet facilities. 1. A person or corporation\noperating an establishment with a seating capacity of twenty or more\nwherein food is sold for consumption on the premises shall provide\nappropriately identified and maintained public toilet facilities except…

§ 1352-b. Public eating establishments; first aid instructions\nconcerning food lodged in throat; liability. 1. Definitions. For\npurposes of this section:\n a. "Public eating establishment" shall mean a cafeteria or lunchroom\nlocated in a school or educational institution and …

§ 1352-c. Ice cream or other frozen desserts made with liquor, wine,\nbeer or cider. No person shall sell at retail individual servings of ice\ncream or other frozen desserts made with liquor, wine, beer or cider\nbearing or containing more than one-half of one percent but not m…

§ 1352-d. Public food service establishment inspection results. 1. (a)\nThe department shall make available and prominently post on its website\nall public food service establishment inspection results for the most\nrecent three years for which data is available, which shall inc…

§ 1352-e. Companion dogs at food service establishments. 1. Companion\ndogs under the control of a person may be allowed in an outdoor dining\narea at a food service establishment if all of the following conditions\nare satisfied:\n (a) the owner of the food facility elects to a…

§ 1353. Food places; violations; penalties. 1. Any person or\ncorporation, or officer thereof, violating any of the provisions of\nsections thirteen hundred fifty to thirteen hundred fifty-three,\ninclusive, of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.\n 2. The conviction …

§ 1354. Contracts for meat inspection. When a board of health of a\ncounty or part county health district or a city, or a public health\ncommittee of a county has made application to the commissioner for\napproval of a meat inspection program and providing such application has\n…

§ 1355. Food service safety and sanitation training. 1. The\ncommissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations (a) establishing\nfood service safety and sanitation training programs and providing\nstandards therefor or (b) providing for the approval of such programs to\nbe adm…

§ 1356. Food allergies and intolerances notice in food service\nestablishments and online food ordering services. 1. Definitions. For\nthe purposes of this section:\n (a) "Food service establishment" shall mean a restaurant or catering\nhall where food is prepared and served eit…

* § 1357. Allergen labeling for prepackaged foods. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following terms shall have the following meanings:\n (a) "Prepackaged food" means food that is prepared, prepacked and\noffered or sold to customers on the same premises. Prepackaged food does\nn…

* § 1360. Location and disposition of radioactive gold jewelry. 1.\nThe commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to establish a\nprogram, which shall include the use of such investigations and\npersonnel as may be necessary, to identify gold jewelry which has been\ncontami…

§ 1370. Definitions. When used in this title, the following words and\nphrases shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly\nrequires otherwise:\n 1. "Dwelling" means a building or structure or portion thereof,\nincluding the property occupied by and appurtenant…

§ 1370-a. Lead poisoning prevention program. 1. The department shall\nestablish a lead poisoning prevention program. This program shall be\nresponsible for establishing and coordinating activities to prevent lead\npoisoning and to minimize risk of exposure to lead. The departmen…

§ 1370-b. Advisory council on lead poisoning prevention. 1. The New\nYork state advisory council on lead poisoning prevention is hereby\nestablished in the department, to consist of the following, or their\ndesignees: the commissioner; the commissioner of labor; the commissioner…

§ 1370-c. Screening by health care providers. 1. The department is\nauthorized to promulgate regulations establishing the means by which and\nthe intervals at which children and pregnant women shall be screened for\nelevated lead levels. The department is also authorized to requ…

§ 1370-d. Lead screening of child care, pre-school, pre-kindergarten\nor kindergarten enrollees. 1. Except as provided pursuant to regulations\nof the department, each child care provider, public and private nursery\nschool, pre-school, and pre-kindergarten or kindergarten licen…

§ 1370-e. Reporting lead exposure levels. 1. Every physician or\nauthorized practitioner shall give notice of elevated lead levels as\nspecified by the commissioner pursuant to regulation, to the health\nofficer of the health district wherein the patient resides, except as\nothe…

§ 1371. Manufacture and sale of lead painted toys and furniture. 1. No\nperson shall manufacture, sell or hold for sale a children's toy or\nchildren's furniture having paint or other similar surface-coating\nmaterial thereon containing more than .06 of one per centum of metalli…

§ 1372. Use of leaded paint. No person shall apply paint or other\nsimilar surface-coating material containing more than .06 of one per\ncentum of metallic lead based on the total weight of the contained\nsolids or dried paint film to any interior surface, window sill, window\nf…