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Notice of Adoption of an Amendment to Chapter 5 of Title 6 of the Rules of City of New York by adding a new Subchapter P regarding pregnancy services centers.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN the Commissioner of the Department of Consumer Affairs (the “Department”) by Section 2203 of the New York City Charter and Section 20-816(f)(1) of Chapter 5, Supchapter 17, of Title 20 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York and in accordance with the requirements of Section 1043 of the New York City Charter, of the adoption by the Department of Sections 5-266, 5-267, 5-268, 5-269, 5-270, and 5-271 of Title 6 of the Rules of the City of New York, Chapter 5, Subchapter P, to implement and carry out the provisions of Local Law 17 of 2011 regarding the disclosure that pregnancy service centers must make.
This rule was proposed and published on December 10, 2015. The required public hearing was held on January 11, 2016. The rule will be effective on May 27, 2016.
Section 20-816(b) of the Administrative Code, enacted as part of section 2 of Local Law 17 of 2011, provides that a pregnancy services center “shall disclose if it does or does not have a licensed medical provider on staff who provides or directly supervises the provision of all of the services at such pregnancy services center.” Section 20-815(g) defines a pregnancy services center as “a facility, including a mobile facility, the primary purpose of which is to provide services to women who are or may be pregnant, that either: (1) offers obstetric ultrasounds, obstetric sonograms or prenatal care; or (2) has the appearance of a licensed medical facility.” Section 20-815(g) excludes from this definition “a facility that is licensed by the state of New York or the United States government to provide medical or pharmaceutical services or where a licensed medical provider is present to directly provide or directly supervise the provision of all services described in this subdivision that are provided at the facility.”
Section 20-816(f) of the Administrative Code requires that the disclosure must be made “(1) in writing, in English and Spanish in a size and style as determined in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner on (i) at least one sign conspicuously posted in the entrance of the pregnancy services center; (ii) at least one additional sign posted in any area where clients wait to receive services; and (iii) in any advertisement promoting the services of such pregnancy services center in clear and prominent letter type and in a size and style to be determined in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner”. Section 20-816(f) additionally requires that the disclosure must be made orally.
Clarify the meanings of the following terms: “services”, “directly provide”, “directly supervise”, “social media site”, and “social network site”.
Clarify which facilities are excluded from the definition of “pregnancy services center”.
Specify the language of the disclosure, and set forth the size, color and location of the signs required to be posted at the pregnancy services center and in advertisements promoting the services of the pregnancy services center.
Specify the language of the disclosure that must be made orally.
Clarify that a facility’s distribution of a pregnancy test kit shall not, by itself, be sufficient to establish that it has the “appearance of a licensed medical facility,” provided that the test is self- administered, self-diagnosed, and self-interpreted.
Section 1. Chapter 5 of Title 6 of the Rules of the City of New York is amended by adding a new subchapter P to read as follows:
PREGNANCY SERVICES CENTERS
§ 5-266. Definitions.
Directly provide. The term “directly provide” means that the licensed medical provider provides the service.
Directly supervise. The term “directly supervise” means that the licensed medical provider is on site and directly overseeing the provision of the service from beginning to end.
Services. The term “services” means abortion, emergency contraception, obstetric ultrasounds, obstetric sonograms, prenatal care, pregnancy testing, pregnancy diagnosis, and other medical and/or pharmaceutical services.
Social media site or social network site. The term “social media site” or “social network site” means a form of electronic communication, such as a website for social networking or microblogging, which allows users to interact or through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content, and includes, but is not limited to, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, LinkedIn, Tumblr and Myspace.
§ 5-267. Exemption.
A pregnancy services center shall not include a facility:
(a) that is licensed by the state of New York or the United States government to provide medical or pharmaceutical services; or
(b) where a licensed medical provider is present to directly provide or directly supervise the provision of all services defined in Section 5-266 of this Subchapter that are provided at the facility.
§ 5-268. Display of Sign for Required Disclosure.
(a) Every pregnancy services center must display at its facility, including a mobile facility, a sign provided by the Department stating in English and Spanish: “This facility does not have a licensed medical provider on site to provide or supervise all services.” The Department will provide both signs on its website for downloading by pregnancy services centers. The sign will measure eleven (11) inches by seventeen (17) inches and the lettering will be one inch high.
(b) Every pregnancy services center must post the sign at every public entrance. If the pregnancy services center is located in an office building or other structure containing two or more independent units, the sign must be posted at each entrance used exclusively for entry to the pregnancy services center. The sign must be: (1) posted on the outside of the entrance door and so that the distance from the top of the sign to the floor is between sixty-six (66) and seventy (70) inches and the distance between the frame of the door and the closest edge of the sign is not more than twelve (12) inches; (2) clearly and conspicuously visible to the client as she or he enters the pregnancy services center; and (3) laminated or protected by a clear sheeting or other suitable material so that the text will not be destroyed, soiled, distorted, or rendered illegible.
(c) Every pregnancy services center must post at least one sign in every area where clients wait to receive services. If the waiting area contains a reception desk, the sign must be posted on the reception desk or on a wall at a location not greater than 12 inches from the reception desk. If the sign is posted on a wall, it must be posted so that the distance from the top of the sign to the floor is between sixty-six (66) and seventy (70) inches.
§ 5-269. Disclosures in Advertising.
(a) “Advertisement promoting the services of a pregnancy services center” includes all promotional materials, statements, visual descriptions, or other visual representations of any kind disseminated in print or electronically, including, but not limited to, mailings, postcards, signs, business cards, flyers, hand-outs, brochures, banners, billboards, subway or bus signs, window signs, store-front signs, newspaper print advertisements and listings, telephone directory listings, television advertisements, internet advertisements, social media or social network sites and radio advertisements. “Advertisement promoting the services of a pregnancy services center” does not include communications or statements made by a center in the course of its operations that do not promote the center’s services to clients or the general public, and that are directed exclusively to the center’s non-client directors, employees, past financial donors, and interns.
(b) Every advertisement promoting the services of a pregnancy services center must include in English and Spanish the statement: “This facility does not have a licensed medical provider on site to provide or supervise all services.” The lettering of such statements in printed materials must be clear, legible, and in the same color and darkness, and in a type size at least one-third as high and one-third as broad, as the largest print in the advertisement. The lettering of such statement in television and internet advertisements must be clear and legible and in close proximity to the description of services provided at the pregnancy services center. The lettering of such statement on business cards may be printed on the back of the cards.
(c) Every pregnancy services center must also post the statement provided in Subsection (b) of this Section on its website and social media or social network sites. The lettering of such statement must be clear, legible, in the same color and darkness, and in a type size at least one-third as high and one-third as broad, as the largest print on the website or on the social media or social network site. The statement must be posted on every page of the website and social media or social network site. Where a page of the website or social media or social network site contains the description of services provided by such pregnancy services center, the statement must also be contained on that page, in close proximity to the services description.
(d) In addition to the disclosure requirements provided in subsection (c), the statement provided in subsection (b) must be included in the text of each post made on a social media or social network site. In the event a social media or social network site, such as Twitter, limits the number of characters that may be used in a post, the statement may be attached as a photo image to each post rather than included in the text of each post. Where the statement is included in a photo image, the lettering of such statement shall be consistent with the requirements described in subsection (c). Where a post contains the description of services provided by such pregnancy services center, the statement must also be in close proximity to the services description. Each post that does not comply with this requirement shall constitute a single violation, except that for the purpose of imposing a sealing order pursuant to section 20-818(b)(1) of the administrative code, each day of noncompliance shall be treated as a separate occasion.
§ 5-270. Oral Disclosure.
Upon a client or prospective client request for an abortion, emergency contraception and/or prenatal care service, a pregnancy services center shall orally disclose in English and Spanish the statement: “This facility does not have a licensed medical provider on site to provide or supervise all services.”
§ 5-271. Evidence.
(a) It shall be prima facie evidence that a facility has the appearance of a licensed medical facility if it has two or more of the factors listed in subparagraphs (a) through (f) of Title 20, Subchapter 17, Section 20-815(g)(2) of the New York City Administrative Code.
(b) A facility’s distribution of a pregnancy test kit shall not, by itself, be sufficient to establish that it has the “appearance of a licensed medical facility,” provided that the test is self-administered, self-diagnosed, and self-interpreted. Notwithstanding, a facility’s distribution of a pregnancy test kit – even if the pregnancy test kit was exclusively self-administered, self-interpreted, and self-diagnosed – may be relied upon, in combination with another legally permissible factor, to establish the “appearance of a licensed medical facility.”
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Due to a stay issued by the United States Court of Appeals, DCA is cancelling the Public Hearing on the Proposed Rules to Require Pregnancy Services Centers to Make Certain Disclosures.
Section 20-816(b) of the Administrative Code, enacted as part of section 2 to Local Law 17 of 2011, provides that a pregnancy services center “shall disclose if it does or does not have a licensed medical provider on staff who provides or directly supervises the provision of all of the services at such pregnancy services center.” Section 20-816(f) of the Administrative Code requires that the disclosure must be made “(1) in writing, in English and Spanish in a size and style as determined in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner on (i) at least one sign conspicuously posted in the entrance of the pregnancy services center; (ii) at least one additional sign posted in any area where clients wait to receive services; and (iii) in any advertisement promoting the services of such pregnancy services center in clear and prominent letter type and in a size and style to be determined in accordance with rules promulgated by the commissioner”. The proposed rules set forth the size, color and location of the disclosure signs required to be posted at the pregnancy services center and in advertisements promoting the services of the pregnancy services center.
Proposed section 5-266 of Title 6 of the Rules of the City of New York would require a pregnancy services center to post a sign stating whether it has a licensed medical provider on staff who provides or directly supervises the provision of all services at such pregnancy services center. Under the rule, the Department will provide the signage on its web site for the Pregnancy Services Center to download. The sign will measure eleven (11) inches by seventeen (17) inches and the lettering will be one-inch high. The required statement will be in both English and Spanish. The proposed rule would require the pregnancy services center to post the sign at the public entrance to the pregnancy services center and in waiting areas, and specifies the locations where the pregnancy services center must post the signs.
Proposed section 5-267 provides a non-inclusive list of print and electronic visual representations that the term “advertisement promoting the services of a pregnancy services center” comprises. It would require that the required disclosure on printed materials be clear, legible, in the same color and darkness, and in type size at least one-third as high and one-third as broad as the largest print in the advertisement. The rule would require that the disclosure in internet advertisements is clear, legible and in close proximity to the description of services provided at the pregnancy services center.
pregnancy services center
Due to a stay issued by the United States Court of Appeals, DCA is cancelling the Public Hearing previously scheduled for 4/17/2014 on the Proposed Rules to Require Pregnancy Services Centers to Make Certain Disclosures.
66 John Street 11th Floor
cancellation_publichearingforpregnancyservicescenterdisclosures.pdf
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Under section 2101 of the New York City Charter, the Business Integrity Commission (“BIC”) is authorized to investigate, license and regulate the trade waste industry. To ensure that trade waste businesses operate free from organized crime and corruption, BIC conducts investigations of certain employees and prospective employees of trade waste license applicants and trade waste licensees.
These proposed rule amendments would raise the fees associated with the investigation of employees or agents and prospective employees or agents of an applicant for a trade waste license or a trade waste licensee and who are required to submit fingerprints and disclosure to the Commission. These investigation fees are part of the licensing process, and have not been changed since the Commission’s inception in 1996. The amended fees would satisfy the Commission’s statutory mandate to recoup all costs associated with licensing through imposed fees.
Pursuant to Charter section 1043(d)(4)(iii), the proposed rule amendments are exempt from the requirements of Local Law 46 of 2010 because the rule amendments are solely concerned with the modification of the amount of a fee or fees.
Opportunity to comment on the proposed amendement by the Business Integrity Commission of rules relating to employee disclosure.
Deputy General Counsel for Regulatory Enforcement
dmandell@bic.nyc.gov
(212) 676-6296
p_bic_trade_waste_investigation_fees_employee_disclosure_12_16_13_a.pdf
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