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NY Pub Health L § 545 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 3 - City Laboratories 545 - City of New York; Exceptions.

§  545.  City  of  New  York;  exceptions.  Unless otherwise expressly   provided, the provisions of sections five hundred forty to five  hundred   forty-four  of  this  chapter, inclusive, shall not apply to the city of   New York.
NY Pub Health L § 560 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 4 - Laboratory Supply Stations 560 - Laboratory Supply Stations; Districts; Establishment.

§  560.  Laboratory supply stations; districts; establishment. 1.  The   commissioner or his authorized  representative  may  establish  district   laboratory  supply stations, for the distribution of laboratory supplies   furnished by the department.2. The commissioner may designate  districts  to  be  served  by  such   district  laboratory  supply stations, each such district to include one   or more municipalities provided, however, that no  such  district  shall   include the whole or part of more than one county.
NY Pub Health L § 561 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 4 - Laboratory Supply Stations 561 - Laboratory Supply Stations; Custodian; Appointment.

§   561.  Laboratory  supply  stations;  custodian;  appointment.  The   commissioner may appoint the  health  officer  of  any  municipality  or   county,   the  director  or  person  in  charge  of  any  public  health   laboratory, or other competent person, to serve as the custodian of  the   district laboratory supply station.
NY Pub Health L § 562 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 4 - Laboratory Supply Stations 562 - Laboratory Supply Stations; Expenses.

§  562. Laboratory supply stations; expenses. The actual and necessary   expenses of operation and maintenance of the district laboratory  supply   station  and sub-stations shall be paid in the manner prescribed for the   payment of other bills of the municipality  or  county.  All  such  sums   shall  be  a charge upon the municipality, when a single municipality is   included in a  district,  and,  upon  the  county  when  more  than  one   municipality  is  included,  to be paid from amounts appropriated by the   municipality or county for laboratory services or general public  health   purposes.
NY Pub Health L § 563 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 4 - Laboratory Supply Stations 563 - Laboratory Supply Stations; Control; Inspection; Discontinuance.

§    563.    Laboratory    supply   stations;   control;   inspection;   discontinuance. 1. Each  district  laboratory  supply  station  and  the   sub-stations thereof shall be maintained and operated in accordance with   the  rules and regulations of the department and shall be subject at all   times to inspection by authorized representatives of the commissioner.2.  The  commissioner  may  at  any  time  discontinue  any   district   laboratory  supply  station  or  sub-station  or rescind any appointment   previously made under this chapter.
NY Pub Health L § 570 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services 570 - Declaration of Policy and Statement of Purpose.

§  570.  Declaration  of  policy  and statement of purpose. The proper   performance of clinical laboratory  and  blood  banking  services  is  a   matter  of  vital  concern,  affecting  the  public  health,  safety and   welfare. Clinical laboratories and blood banks provide essential  public   health  services  in  aiding  the  health  care  provider  by furnishing   information invaluable to the diagnosis and treatment  of  disease.  The   improper  performance  of a laboratory procedure may induce an erroneous   diagnosis or contribute to the selection of an inappropriate  method  of   treatment, resulting in prolonged or unnecessary hospitalization, injury   or  even  death.  The  protection  of  the people of this state requires   affirmative action to insure that the performance of clinical laboratory   and blood banking services meet high standards of public health care.It is the purpose of this title to promote the public  health,  safety   and  welfare  by  requiring  the  licensure of clinical laboratories and   blood banks, by establishing minimum qualifications for  directors,  and   by requiring that the performance of all procedures employed by clinical   laboratories  and  blood  banks  meet  minimum  standards  accepted  and   approved by the department.
NY Pub Health L § 572 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services 572 - Certificates of Qualification.

§  572.  Certificates  of  qualification.    No  person shall act as a   director in a clinical laboratory located in or accepting specimens from   New York state or in a blood bank located in or collecting,  processing,   storing  or distributing blood products in New York state unless a valid   certificate of qualification has been issued as provided in section five   hundred seventy-three of this title.   A  certificate  shall  be  issued   authorizing  the  holder  to perform or direct one or more procedures or   one or more categories of such procedures.
NY Pub Health L § 573 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services 573 - Issuance of Certificates of Qualification.

§ 573. Issuance of certificates of qualification. 1. The public health   council shall prescribe minimum qualifications for directors in areas of   testing,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  microbiology,  immunology,   chemistry, hematology, biophysics,  cytology,  pathology,  genetics  and   blood banking.2.  The  department  shall issue a certificate of qualification to any   person  who  meets  such  minimum  qualifications  and   who   otherwise   demonstrates to the department that such person possesses the character,   competence,  training  and  ability to administer properly the technical   and scientific  operation  of  a  clinical  laboratory  or  blood  bank,   including supervision of procedures and reporting of findings of tests.3.  Application  for  a  certificate of qualification shall be made on   forms provided by the department and shall  contain  the  procedures  or   categories  of  procedures  for which the certificate is sought and such   other information as the department may require.4. The certificate shall be valid for a period of two years  from  the   date  of  issuance  and  may  be renewed for successive two year periods   thereafter. The original application and each renewal application  shall   be accompanied by a registration fee of forty dollars.5.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of this section, the commissioner   may issue a temporary certificate of qualification to any person pending   the issuance of a certificate as provided in this section.  A  temporary   certificate  shall be valid for a period of thirty days from the date of   its issuance and may be renewed for a maximum of four successive periods   of thirty days.
NY Pub Health L § 574 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services 574 - Permits.

§ 574.  Permits.  No person shall own or operate a clinical laboratory   located  in or accepting specimens from New York state or own or operate   a blood bank which collects, processes, stores and/or distributes, human   blood, blood derivatives or blood components, in New York state unless a   valid permit has  been  issued  as  provided  in  section  five  hundred   seventy-five  of  this  title.  A permit shall be issued authorizing the   performance of one or more procedures or services  within  one  or  more   categories.  A  separate  permit  shall be required for each facility at   which clinical laboratory tests are to be performed or at which a  blood   bank  is to be operated, provided, however that the department may adopt   regulations  not  inconsistent  with  the  federal  clinical  laboratory   improvement act of nineteen hundred eighty-eight authorizing an owner to   operate more than one facility under a single permit.
NY Pub Health L § 575 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services 575 - Issuance of Permits.

§  575. Issuance of permits. 1. Application for a permit shall be made   by the owner and the director of the clinical laboratory or  blood  bank   in  a  manner  and  format prescribed by the department. The application   shall contain the name of the owner,  the  name  of  the  director,  the   procedures  or categories of procedures or services for which the permit   is sought, the location or locations and  physical  description  of  the   facility  or location or locations at which tests are to be performed or   at which a blood bank is to be operated, and such other  information  as   the department may require.2.  A  permit  or  permit  category shall not be issued unless a valid   certificate of qualification in the category of procedures for which the   permit is sought has  been  issued  to  the  director  pursuant  to  the   provisions  of  section five hundred seventy-three of this title, unless   all fees and outstanding penalties, if any,  have  been  paid,  and  the   department   finds  that  the  clinical  laboratory  or  blood  bank  is   competently staffed and properly equipped, and will be operated  in  the   manner required by this title.3.  The  permit  shall be issued jointly to the owner and the director   and they jointly and severally shall be responsible  to  the  department   for  the  maintenance  and operation of the clinical laboratory or blood   bank and for any violations of this title and the rules and  regulations   promulgated thereunder.4.  A  permit  shall be valid for the year for which it is issued. The   initial application for a permit shall be accompanied by a  registration   fee of one hundred dollars.5.  The permit shall specify the names of the owners and the director,   the procedures or categories of procedures or services  authorized,  and   the locations at which such procedures or services may be performed. The   permit  and  the  certificate of qualification shall be displayed at all   times in a prominent place in the laboratory.6. A permit shall become void by a change in the director,  owner,  or   location.  A  category  on a permit shall become void by a change in the   director for that category. The department may, pursuant to  regulations   adopted  under this title, extend the date on which a permit or category   on a permit shall become void for a period not to exceed sixty days from   the date of a change of the director, owner or location. An  application   for a new permit must be made in the manner provided by this section.
NY Pub Health L § 576-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services 576-B - Performance of Certain Clinical Laboratory Services Upon Request.

§  576-b.  Performance  of  certain  clinical laboratory services upon   request. 1. A clinical laboratory  may  perform  a  clinical  laboratory   service  (including  accepting  a specimen or assignment for examination   and rendering a report), that it is otherwise allowed to  perform,  upon   the  request  of  the  person on whom the service is to be performed and   render a report directly to the person, where the  service  is  for  the   same  purpose  as  a test or collection device that has been approved or   cleared by the  Food  and  Drug  Administration  of  the  United  States   Department  of Health and Human Services for sale or distribution to the   public on a direct or over-the-counter basis without a prescription from   a qualified health care practitioner.2. All services conducted pursuant to this section shall  comply  with   the  standards  for  testing  established by the department and with any   other laws of this state, including requirements for confidentiality and   pre-test and post-test counseling.3. The results of any test conducted pursuant to this section shall be   provided only to the person who requested the test. Such  results  shall   be  provided in a clear and concise manner that is understandable by lay   persons and that identifies results indicating the need for referral  to   a physician or other qualified health care practitioner.4.  Nothing  in  this section shall authorize a clinical laboratory to   engage in the practice of any health care profession under  title  eight   of the education law. The report issued to a person for a test conducted   pursuant to this section shall contain a clear statement, presented in a   prominent  manner, to the effect that the report should not be viewed as   medical advice and is not meant to replace direct communication  with  a   physician or other health care practitioner.
NY Pub Health L § 576-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services 576-C - Electronic Reporting of Disease and Specimen Submission.

§  576-c.  Electronic reporting of disease and specimen submission. 1.   Whenever a clinical laboratory or blood bank is  otherwise  required  by   this  chapter to report evidence of a disease or health condition to the   commissioner or a local health officer, the  laboratory  director  shall   report  the test results and such data elements as are determined by the   commissioner to be necessary as authorized by law. All reports shall  be   sent  electronically  to  the department in a standards based electronic   format, using a network, communications protocol,  clinical  syntax  and   vocabulary  all  as determined by the commissioner to be compatible with   national health information standards promulgated by the federal centers   for disease control and prevention and  the  department  of  health  and   human  services.  Reports shall be submitted on a schedule determined by   the commissioner.2. Clinical laboratories  and  blood  banks  may  continue  to  submit   reports in paper copy to the commissioner and/or local health officer as   otherwise  required  by  this  chapter until the earlier of the date the   laboratory  director  receives  notice  that  the  laboratory  has  been   certified  to report electronically or one year after the effective date   of this section. Thereafter, all reports shall be sent electronically to   the department.3. In the event the system for electronic reporting is unavailable for   any reason, including lack of certification  for  electronic  reporting,   clinical  laboratories  and  blood banks shall make reports to the local   health officer  of  the  county  of  the  patient's  residence  and  the   commissioner   using   an   alternate   mechanism   determined   by  the   commissioner.4. Whenever the commissioner or a local health officer determines that   supplemental testing is necessary to confirm evidence of  a  disease  or   health  condition  otherwise required to be reported to the commissioner   or a local health officer  pursuant  to  this  chapter,  or  to  further   identify  the characteristics of a causative agent for reasons of public   health protection, the laboratory  shall  submit  all  or  part  of  the   specimen  or  its derivatives with patient identifiers to the department   or its designee, or the local health officer or his or her designee,  in   a manner and as directed by the commissioner.5.  The  commissioner  may  adopt  rules  and regulations necessary to   implement the provisions of this section.
NY Pub Health L § 578 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services 578 - Penalties.

§  578.  Penalties.  1.  (a)  A person who owns or operates a clinical laboratory or blood bank, and who does not hold a  valid  permit  issued pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  title or who otherwise does not comply with this title or the New York city health code is guilty  of  a misdemeanor,  punishable  by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars, or by  both  such  fine and imprisonment.  For any subsequent offense, the penalty shall be both such fine and imprisonment.  (b)  A person who owns or operates a clinical laboratory or blood bank and willfully misreports laboratory results or otherwise fails to comply with the provisions of this title is guilty of a  class  A  misdemeanor, punishable  by  imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not  more  than  one  thousand  dollars,  or  by  both  such  fine   and imprisonment.   2.  A person who acts as a director after July first, nineteen hundred sixty-five, and who does not hold a valid certificate  of  qualification issued  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  title  is  guilty  of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for not more than one  year,  or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by both such fine and imprisonment.
NY Pub Health L § 580 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services 580 - Construction.

§  580.  Construction.  1. Nothing in this title shall be construed as affecting the educational program of any college or  university  or  any legally  chartered  school approved by the department of education which program is conducted for the training of its students.   2. Nothing in this title shall be construed  as  affecting  facilities which  perform  laboratory  tests  solely  for research purposes, nor as affecting laboratory testing by a public health officer as  part  of  an epidemiological  investigation  in which no patient identified result is reported for diagnostic purposes  to  a  health  care  provider  or  the subject of the test.   3.  (a)  Nothing  in this title shall be construed to impair or affect the power or authority of the city of New York or a department or agency thereof, to enact or  enforce  additional  laws,  codes  or  regulations affecting  clinical  laboratories  or blood banks, not inconsistent with the provisions of this title or any regulations  promulgated  hereunder, related  to  the control, prevention or reporting of diseases or medical conditions or to the control or abatement of  public  health  nuisances. Noncompliance  with such laws, codes or regulations as documented by the local public health officer may be a basis for the  department's  denial or non-renewal of a laboratory permit or a certificate of qualification.  (b)  Such  local laws, codes or regulations which are more restrictive than or additional to the requirements set forth in this  title  or  the regulations promulgated hereunder shall be deemed not inconsistent.   4.  The collection, processing, storage, distribution or use of blood, blood components or blood derivatives  for  the  purpose  of  diagnosis, prevention  or  treatment  of  disease is hereby declared to be a public health service and shall not be construed to be, and is declared not  to be, a sale of such blood, blood components or blood derivatives, for any purpose or purposes whatsoever.   5.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of the education law, individuals  performing  only   waived   tests   or   provider-performed microscopy  procedures  in accordance with the provisions of subdivision three of section five hundred seventy-nine of this title  shall  not  be required   to   be  licensed  or  certified  as  a  clinical  laboratory practitioner pursuant to the education law.
NY Pub Health L § 581 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services 581 - Separability.

§  581.  Separability.  If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or   part of  this  title  shall  be  adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent   jurisdiction  to  be  invalid, the judgment shall not affect, impair, or   invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation   to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or  part  thereof  directly   involved  in  the  controversy  in  which  the  judgment shall have been   rendered.
NY Pub Health L § 585 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 6 - Laboratory Business Practices 585 - Definitions.

§ 585. Definitions. Whenever used in this title:1.  "Health  services  purveyor"  means any person, firm, partnership,   group, association, corporation  or  professional  corporation,  or  any   agent,   employee,   fiduciary,   employer  or  representative  thereof,   including but  not  limited  to  a  physician,  dentist,  podiatrist  or   chiropractor,  either in individual practice, group practice or employed   in a facility owned by any person, group, association, firm, partnership   or corporation hiring  any  of  the  aforementioned  practitioners,  who   provide health or health related services.2.  "Clinical  laboratory" shall have the same meaning as is set forth   in subdivision one of section five hundred seventy-one of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 586 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 5 - Laboratories Title 6 - Laboratory Business Practices 586 - Payment for Services.

§  586. Payment for services. 1. It shall be unlawful for any purveyor of clinical laboratory services, directly  or  indirectly,  through  any person,  firm,  corporation or association or its officers or agents, to bill or receive payment, reimbursement, compensation  or  fee  from  any person  other  than  the recipient of the services, such recipient being the person upon  whom  the  clinical  services  have  been  or  will  be rendered.   2.  The  provisions  of  subdivision  one  of  this  section  shall be inapplicable to services rendered by a clinical laboratory  operated  by the state of New York; and to payment by:  (a) A legal relative of the recipient of the services;  (b) An insurance carrier designated by the recipient of the services;  (c)  A  hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter on behalf of an in-patient or out-patient of such hospital having been  the recipient of the services;  (d) One purveyor to another purveyor for actual services rendered;  (e) An industrial firm only for its own employees;  (f) A trade union health facility only for its registered patients;  (g)  Governmental  agencies  and/or  their specified public or private agent, agency  or  organization  on  behalf  of  the  recipient  of  the services;  (h)  A  substance  abuse or chemical dependence program which has been approved to operate by the office  of  alcoholism  and  substance  abuse services   pursuant  to  the  provision  of  section  23.01  or  article thirty-two of the mental hygiene law on behalf  of  clients  of  such  a program having been the recipient of the services; and  (i)  A  health  maintenance  organization operating in accordance with article forty-three of the insurance law or article forty-four  of  this chapter.   3.  The  public  health  council  shall  adopt  and  amend  rules  and regulations, subject to approval by the commissioner, to effectuate  the provisions and purposes of this section.