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NY Pub Health L § 2195 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 21-A - Long-Term Care Resident and Employee Immunization Act 2195 - Exceptions.

§  2195. Exceptions. No individual shall be required to receive either   an influenza vaccine or pneumococcal vaccine if the vaccine is medically   contraindicated, or if it is against his or her religious beliefs, or if   he or she refuses the vaccine after being fully informed of  the  health   risks of such action.
NY Pub Health L § 2196 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 21-A - Long-Term Care Resident and Employee Immunization Act 2196 - Rules and Regulations; Report.

§  2196.  Rules  and  regulations;  report.  1. The commissioner shall   promulgate regulations relating to the immunization requirements of this   article, taking into consideration the recommendations  of  the  centers   for disease control and prevention.2.  The  commissioner is hereby directed to make available educational   and informational  materials  to  all  long-term  care  facilities  with   respect to vaccination against influenza virus and pneumococcal disease.3.  The  commissioner shall report three years from the effective date   of this article to the governor, the temporary president of the  senate,   the  speaker  of the assembly, the minority leader of the senate and the   minority leader of the assembly on the number of outbreaks in  long-term   care  facilities  each  year  due  to  influenza  virus and pneumococcal   disease and  number  of  hospitalizations  of  long-term  care  facility   residents  each  year  due  to influenza virus, pneumococcal disease and   complications thereof.
NY Pub Health L § 2440 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-A - Protection of Human Subjects 2440 - Policy and Purpose.

§  2440.  Policy  and  purpose.   The use of human subjects in medical   research projects has brought about many beneficial scientific  advances   resulting  in  the  increased  health  and well-being of the human race.   Safeguarding the rights and welfare of individual human subjects in  the   conduct  of  these  human  research  projects is a matter of vital state   concern. Every human being has the right to  be  protected  against  the   possible  conduct  of  medical  or  psychological research upon his body   without his  voluntary  informed  consent.  Human  research  may  effect   dangerous  and  unanticipated results causing irreversible damage to the   human subject. Accordingly, it shall be the  policy  of  this  state  to   protect  its  people  against the unnecessary and improper risk of pain,   suffering or injury resulting  from  human  research  conducted  without   their knowledge or consent.
NY Pub Health L § 2442 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-A - Protection of Human Subjects 2442 - Informed Consent.

§  2442. Informed consent.  No human research may be conducted in this   state in the absence of the voluntary informed consent subscribed to  in   writing  by  the  human  subject.  If the human subject be a minor, such   consent shall be subscribed to in writing by the minor's parent or legal   guardian. If the human subject be otherwise  legally  unable  to  render   consent,  such  consent  shall be subscribed to in writing by such other   person as may be legally  empowered  to  act  on  behalf  of  the  human   subject.  No  such voluntary informed consent shall include any language   through which the human subject waives, or appears to waive, any of  his   legal  rights,  including  any release of any individual, institution or   agency, or any agents thereof, from liability for negligence.
NY Pub Health L § 2443 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-A - Protection of Human Subjects 2443 - Conduct of Human Research.

§  2443.  Conduct of human research.  No one except a researcher shall   conduct human research in this state.
NY Pub Health L § 2444 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-A - Protection of Human Subjects 2444 - Human Research Review Committees.

§  2444.  Human research review committees.  1. Each public or private   institution or agency which conducts, or which proposes  to  conduct  or   authorize,  human  research,  shall  establish  a  human research review   committee. Such committee shall  be  composed  of  not  less  than  five   persons,  approved by the commissioner, who have such varied backgrounds   as to assure the competent, complete and professional  review  of  human   research  activities conducted or proposed to be conducted or authorized   by the institution or agency. No member of a committee shall be involved   in either the initial or continuing review of an activity  in  which  he   has  a  conflicting  interest, except to provide information required by   the committee. No committee shall consist entirely of  persons  who  are   officers,  employees, or agents of, or who are otherwise associated with   the institution or agency, apart from their membership on the committee,   and  no  committee  shall  consist  entirely  of  members  of  a  single   professional group.2.  The  human research review committee in each institution or agency   shall require that institution or agency to promulgate  a  statement  of   principle  and  policy  in  regard  to  the  rights and welfare of human   subjects in the conduct of human research, and  the  committee  and  the   commissioner  shall  approve  that statement prior to its taking effect.   The committee shall review  each  proposed  human  research  project  to   determine  (1)  its  necessity;  (2)  that the rights and welfare of the   human subjects involved are adequately protected, (3) that the risks  to   the  human  subjects are outweighed by the potential benefits to them or   by the importance of the knowledge to be gained; (4) that the  voluntary   informed  consent  is  to  be  obtained by methods that are adequate and   appropriate, and (5) that the persons proposed to conduct the particular   medical  research  are  appropriately  competent  and   qualified.   The   committee  shall  periodically  examine  each  existing  human  research   project with regard to the proper application of the approved principles   and policies which  the  institution  or  agency  has  promulgated.  The   committee shall report any violation to the commissioner. In addition to   the voluntary informed consent of the proposed human subject as required   by section twenty-four hundred forty-two of this chapter, the consent of   the  committee  and  the commissioner shall be required with relation to   the conduct of human research  involving  minors,  incompetent  persons,   mentally disabled persons and prisoners.3.  Each  person engaged in the conduct of human research or proposing   to conduct human research shall affiliate himself with an institution or   agency having a human research review committee, and such human research   as he conducts or proposes to conduct shall be subject to review by such   committee in the manner set forth in this section.
NY Pub Health L § 2445 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-A - Protection of Human Subjects 2445 - Applicability.

§  2445.  Applicability.  1.  The provisions of this article shall not   apply to the conduct of human research which is subject to, and which is   in compliance with, policies and regulations promulgated by  any  agency   of the federal government for the protection of human subjects.2.   Upon   attestation,  satisfactory  to  the  commissioner,  by  an   institution or agency that such institution or agency (a) conducts human   research that is subject to and  is  in  compliance  with  policies  and   regulations  promulgated by any agency of the federal government for the   protection of human subjects, and (b) conducts or proposes to conduct or   authorize human research, which is not subject  to  but  does  or  shall   comply with federal policies and regulations, the commissioner may deem,   subject  to  conditions,  such institution or agency's human research in   compliance with  this  article.  Such  attestation  shall  be  submitted   annually  on  or  before  January  first  to  the  department  on a form   prescribed by the commissioner.
NY Pub Health L § 2446 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-A - Protection of Human Subjects 2446 - Rules and Regulations.

§  2446. Rules and regulations.  The commissioner shall have the power   to promulgate such rules and  regulations  as  shall  be  necessary  and   proper to effectuate the purposes of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 2475 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-B - Information Program on Dioxin 2475 - Special Policies With Respect to Dioxin Exposure.

§  2475.  Special policies with respect to dioxin exposure. 1. For the purpose  of  identifying  persons  who  were  exposed  to  an  herbicide containing  dioxin  and  for the purpose of compiling data on the health effects of this exposure, the commissioner of health shall:  (a) establish, promote and maintain a public  information  program  on dioxin. Such program shall include, but may not be limited to, an effort to  contact Vietnam era veterans and employees of the public and private sectors within the state who were exposed  to  an  herbicide  containing dioxin;  (b)  initiate  an  epidemiological  study  of  the  health  effects of exposure to herbicides containing dioxin;  (c) maintain a central data bank within the department for information collected on the health effects  of  exposure  to  dioxin  and  for  the cataloguing  of existing scientific and medical literature on the health effects of this exposure; and  (d) initiate education for health  professionals  to  assist  them  in understanding  the  potential  risks and state-of-the-art knowledge with regard to detection,  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  acute  and  chronic symptoms associated with dioxin exposure.   2. The commissioner may request and shall receive from any department, division,  board,  bureau,  commission  or agency of the state or of any political subdivision thereof such assistance and data  as  will  enable him  to  properly  carry out his activities hereunder and effectuate the purposes herein set forth. The commissioner  may  also  enter  into  any contract  for  services  as  he deems necessary with a private agency or concern  upon  said  terms  and  conditions  as  he  deems  appropriate. Information   concerning  patient  and  medical  data  provided  to  the commissioner pursuant to this subdivision  shall  be  kept  confidential according  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  (j) of subdivision one of section two hundred six of this chapter.
NY Pub Health L § 2485 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-C - Information Program on Low-Level Radioactive Waste 2485 - Program to Inform and Educate the Public on Low-Level Radioactive Waste.

§  2485.  Program  to  inform  and  educate  the  public  on low-level   radioactive waste.  In consultation and cooperation  with  the  advisory   committee  established  pursuant to section 29-0501 of the environmental   conservation law, and with the department of environmental conservation,   the commissioner of health shall plan and carry out a  statewide  public   information  program  on  the  public  health and safety implications of   low-level radioactive waste management.   The content  of  such  program   shall  include  a  basic  explanation  of  the  types of materials which   comprise low-level radioactive waste  and  why  such  materials  require   special  handling  and  care;  and  reasonably  detailed explanations of   alternative disposal methods and their probable effects.
NY Pub Health L § 2490 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-D - New York State Occupational Health Clinics Oversight Committee 2490 - Oversight Committee.

§  2490.  Oversight  committee.  1.  There  is  hereby established the occupational health clinics oversight committee to be comprised  of  the following  persons  or  their designees: the commissioner of health; the commissioner of labor; the  chairperson  of  the  workers'  compensation board;  six  persons  appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be on nomination of the New York state American federation  of  labor-congress of  industrial organizations, and one of whom shall be on the nomination of the business council of the state of New York; two persons  appointed by  the  temporary president of the senate; two persons appointed by the speaker of the assembly; one person appointed by the minority leader  of the  senate  and  one  person  appointed  by  the minority leader of the assembly. The governor shall designate  a  chairperson  from  among  the members  of  the committee. The initial appointments shall be made on or before September first, two thousand eight.   2. The committee shall meet  at  least  four  times  a  year.  Special meetings may be called by the chairperson.   3.  Members  of  the oversight committee shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be  allowed  their  actual  and  necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.   4.  Vacancies  shall  be  filled  in  the  same manner as the original appointments.   5. The committee shall make recommendations to the  governor  and  the legislature  on  or  before  September  thirtieth,  two  thousand  nine, regarding:  (a) statewide needs to be met by the network;  (b) coordination of clinic  activities  with  not-for-profit,  private sector  concerns  and  state  agencies,  including but not limited to an evaluation of current jurisdictional and oversight responsibilities;  (c) coordination and sharing of clinic resources and services;  (d) dissemination of research results and educational information;  (e) identification of funding sources for the network;  (f) the activities of the clinics and their effectiveness  in  meeting the  objectives as set forth in statute and in clinic specific contracts with the state;  (g) local, regional, occupation or business sector specific needs that may be met by one or more clinic;  (h) other issues as determined by the oversight committee; and  (i) incorporation of provisions to implement  its  recommendations  in requests  for  applications  of  state  funding  for occupational health clinics.
NY Pub Health L § 2490-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-D - New York State Occupational Health Clinics Oversight Committee 2490-A - Occupational Health Clinic Advisory Committees.

§  2490-a.  Occupational  health clinic advisory committees. The chief   executive officer of every clinic  in  the  occupational  health  clinic   network  shall  convene  an  advisory  committee consisting of two local   representatives each of business, labor unions, public  health  agencies   and  community  groups  which shall be selected in consultation with the   occupational health clinics oversight committee. The oversight committee   will  assist  in  the  development  of  policies,   the   creation   and   implementation  of  a  targeted outreach plan for working with business,   unions and workers, an assessment of clinic-specific funding  needs  and   potential  funding  sources,  and overall guidance for the clinics on an   ongoing basis.
NY Pub Health L § 2495 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-E - Information About Hysterectomy 2495 - Legislative Findings and Intent.

§  2495.  Legislative  findings and intent. Hysterectomy is one of the   most common major surgical  procedures  performed  on  women  and  is  a   commonly recommended treatment for some gynecological disorders, such as   uterine  leiomyofibroma,  endometriosis,  disorders of menstruation, and   uterine neoplasms.  Some disorders, depending on the patient's diagnosis   and situation, may be managed with alternative treatments. In an  effort   to promote patients' involvement in health care decisions and to promote   informed   consultation  with  their  physician  or  other  health  care   practitioner, the department of health shall make available  information   which  describes  the medical diagnoses that are commonly treated with a   hysterectomy,  the  various  hysterectomy  procedures,   and   treatment   alternatives to the diagnoses commonly treated with hysterectomy.
NY Pub Health L § 2496 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-E - Information About Hysterectomy 2496 - Written Summary Regarding Hysterectomy.

§  2496. Written summary regarding hysterectomy.  The commissioner, in   consultation with  the  medical  society  of  the  state  of  New  York,   consumers  and  others  knowledgeable on the topic of hysterectomy shall   develop a standardized written summary which shall explain:1. the common diagnoses for which hysterectomy is a  common  treatment   including  but  not  limited  to  uterine leiomyofibroma, endometriosis,   disorders of menstruation, premalignant or malignant changes  in  uterus   or cervix and salpingo-oophoritis;2.  alternative  treatments  to  hysterectomy  for  such diagnoses, in   accordance with accepted medical practices;3. the types of hysterectomy including  radical,  subtotal  abdominal,   total abdominal and vaginal;4.  the common physiological changes, side effects, risks and benefits   which  result  after  each  type  of  hysterectomy  or  alternative   is   performed;5.  that  the hysterectomy is irreversible, results in infertility and   the end of menstruation; and6. an oophorectomy, a treatment often  associated  with  hysterectomy,   including unilateral, bilateral and salpingo-oophorectomy.
NY Pub Health L § 2497 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-E - Information About Hysterectomy 2497 - Availability of Written Summary.

§  2497. Availability of written summary.  The commissioner shall make   the summary provided for in section twenty-four  hundred  ninety-six  of   this article available free of charge to all clinics, health maintenance   organizations, hospitals, and physician offices.
NY Pub Health L § 2498 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-E - Information About Hysterectomy 2498 - Provision of Summary by Physician.

§  2498.  Provision  of  summary  by physician.   The summary shall be   provided by a physician to each person under such physician's care, when   a hysterectomy is under consideration for that person.
NY Pub Health L § 2499 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-E - Information About Hysterectomy 2499 - Informed Consent.

§  2499. Informed consent.  Nothing in this section shall be construed   to create a cause of action for lack of informed consent in any instance   in which such cause of action would be limited by  section  twenty-eight   hundred five-d of this chapter.
NY Pub Health L § 2499-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 24-E - Information About Hysterectomy 2499-A - Exception.

§  2499-a. Exception.   The dispensing of the standard written summary   shall not pertain when the hysterectomy is performed in a  situation  of   imminent  danger  in  which the physician determines prior dispensing is   not possible or feasible.
NY Pub Health L § 3 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25 - Maternal and Child Health Title 3 - Control of Midwifery

                              TITLE III CONTROL OF MIDWIFERY
NY Pub Health L § 2599-AA (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25-A - Reproductive Health Act 2599-AA - Policy and Purpose.

§   2599-aa.   Policy   and   purpose.   The  legislature  finds  that   comprehensive reproductive health care is  a  fundamental  component  of   every  individual's  health,  privacy and equality. Therefore, it is the   policy of the state that:1. Every individual has the fundamental  right  to  choose  or  refuse   contraception or sterilization.2.  Every individual who becomes pregnant has the fundamental right to   choose to carry the pregnancy to term, to give birth to a child,  or  to   have an abortion, pursuant to this article.3.  The  state shall not discriminate against, deny, or interfere with   the exercise of the rights set forth in this section in  the  regulation   or provision of benefits, facilities, services or information.
NY Pub Health L § 2599-BB (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25-A - Reproductive Health Act 2599-BB - Abortion.

§ 2599-bb. Abortion.   1.   A   health   care  practitioner  licensed,   certified, or authorized under title eight of the education law,  acting   within  his  or  her  lawful  scope of practice, may perform an abortion   when,  according  to  the  practitioner's  reasonable  and  good   faith   professional  judgment  based  on  the  facts of the patient's case: the   patient is within twenty-four weeks from the commencement of  pregnancy,   or  there is an absence of fetal viability, or the abortion is necessary   to protect the patient's life or health.2. This article shall be construed and  applied  consistent  with  and   subject  to  applicable  laws  and applicable and authorized regulations   governing health care procedures.
NY Pub Health L § 2599-CC (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 25-B - Gestational Surrogacy 2599-CC - Gestational Surrogacy.

§ 2599-cc. Gestational surrogacy. 1. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations  on  the practice of gestational surrogacy. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to:  (a) guidelines and procedures for  obtaining  fully  informed  consent from  potential  persons acting as surrogates, including but not limited to a full disclosure of any known or potential health risks  and  mental health impacts associated with acting as a surrogate;  (b)  the  development  and  distribution,  in  printed form and on the department's website, of informational material relating to  gestational surrogacy;  (c)  the  establishment  of  a  voluntary central tracking registry of persons acting as surrogates, as reported by surrogacy programs licensed by the department pursuant to article forty-four of the general business law upon the affirmative consent of a person acting as  surrogate.  Such registry  shall  provide  a means for gathering and maintaining accurate information on the:  (i) number of times a person has acted as a surrogate;  (ii) health information of the person acting as surrogate; and  (iii) other information deemed appropriate by the commissioner;  (d)  the  development  of  guidelines,  procedures  or  protocols,  in consultation   with   the   American   college   of   obstetricians  and gynecologists and the American society  for  reproductive  medicine,  to assist physicians in screening potential surrogates for their ability to serve  as  a  surrogate  as  required  under subdivision four of section 581-402 of the family court act including taking into consideration  the potential surrogates family medical history and complications from prior pregnancies  and  known  health  conditions  that may pose a risk to the potential surrogate during pregnancy; and  (e) the development of guidance to reduce conflicts of interest  among physicians providing health care services to the surrogate.   2.  All  such  regulations  shall maintain the anonymity of the person acting as surrogate and any resulting offspring  and  govern  access  to information  maintained by the registry. Such registry shall comply with all state and federal laws and regulations related  to  maintaining  the privacy and confidentiality of records contained with the registry.
NY Pub Health L § 2600 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 26 - Helen Hayes Hospital 2600 - Helen Hayes Hospital; Hospital Care and Treatment.

§  2600.  Helen  Hayes  Hospital; hospital care and treatment.  1. The   Helen Hayes Hospital is continued for the care and treatment of  persons   who are physically disabled, deformed or are suffering from disease from   which they are likely to become physically disabled or deformed.2.  The  patients  in such hospital shall be permitted to exercise and   enjoy religious profession and worship freely and without discrimination   or preference.