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NY Pub Health L § 2200 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 1 - General Provisions 2200 - Tuberculosis; Definitions and Explanation of Terms.

§  2200.  Tuberculosis;  definitions  and explanation of terms. 1. (a) State residence. Under the conditions hereinafter specified, any  person who  has  resided in the state of New York continuously for at least one year immediately preceding the date of admission to a hospital  for  the care  and  treatment  of  tuberculosis  shall  be  deemed  to have state residence.  (b) State residence so acquired shall continue until such person shall have removed from  the  state  and  remained  therefrom  for  one  year; provided,  however, that no person shall lose state residence by absence from the state while serving in the armed forces of the United States or in the United States merchant marine, or while attached to  and  serving with  the armed forces of the United States and, provided, further, that no member of the family of any such person shall lose state residence by absence from the state while living with or near such person during  the period of such service and on account thereof.   2.  Local  residence.  Under the conditions hereinafter specified, any person with state residence as  herein  defined  who  has  also  resided within a county of the state or in the city of New York continuously for at  least  six  months preceding the date of admission to a hospital for the care and treatment of tuberculosis shall be  deemed  to  have  local residence in such county or in the city of New York, as the case may be.   3.  Qualification  on  residence. The continuous residence required to acquire either state residence or local residence shall not include  any period  during  which the person was (a) a patient in a hospital, or (b) an incarcerated  individual  of  any  public  institution,  incorporated private  institution, or private tuberculosis home, cottage or hospital, or (c) residing on any military reservation. If, however, the periods of residence immediately prior and subsequent to the periods  specified  in (a),  (b), or (c) shall together equal the required period of residence, such person shall be deemed to have the required continuous residence.   4. State charge. State charge shall mean  any  person  suffering  from tuberculosis  or  suspected  of  having  tuberculosis  and  in  need  of tuberculosis hospital care and treatment therefor who is:  (a) without state residence;  (b) with state residence but without local residence;  (c) an Indian or  member  of  his  family  residing  upon  any  Indian reservation in the state.   5.  Local  charge.  Local  charge shall mean any person suffering from tuberculosis  or  suspected  of  having  tuberculosis  and  in  need  of tuberculosis hospital care and treatment therefor who has acquired local residence, as defined in this article.
NY Pub Health L § 2201 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 1 - General Provisions 2201 - Tuberculosis; Powers and Duties of Commissioner.

§  2201.  Tuberculosis;  powers  and  duties of commissioner.   1. The commissioner  shall:  (a)  formulate  such  standards  as  he  may  deem necessary  in  order  to carry out the objectives and provisions of this article and article six of this chapter relating to state  aid  for  the care and treatment of tuberculous patients;  (b)  make  a  detailed  study of the administration of existing public hospitals  caring  for  tuberculous  patients  throughout   the   state, including the city of New York;  (c)  make, adopt, promulgate and enforce such rules and regulations as he may deem appropriate for the  facilities,  operation,  administration and  the  future  conduct  of  public  hospitals  caring for tuberculous patients throughout the state including the city of New York, under  the provisions  of this article and article six of this chapter, and he may, from time to time, amend or repeal the same;  (d) forward a copy of such rules  and  regulations  to  the  board  of supervisors  of  each county and to the mayor of each city, eligible for state aid under this article and article six of this chapter;  (e) have full power and authority  to  examine  any  or  all  records, reports  and  other  data  pertaining  to  patients  or  the facilities, operation or administration of a hospital providing care or treatment of tuberculous patients for which a county or city applies for state aid;  (f) have full power and authority to examine or cause to  be  examined any patient in a hospital providing care or treatment for which a county or city applies for state aid;  (g)  have  full  power  and authority to make or cause to be made such laboratory tests or  X-ray  examinations  as  in  his  judgment  may  be desirable;  (h)  have power and authority to recommend to counties and cities such changes  in  the  facilities,  operation  or  administration  of  public hospitals   caring   for  tuberculous  patients  throughout  the  state, including the city of New York, as, in his judgment, are  necessary  for the county or city to qualify for state aid under the provisions of this article  and  article  six of this chapter and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
NY Pub Health L § 2204 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 1 - General Provisions 2204 - Tuberculosis; Removal of Patients to Another State or Country; Costs.

§ 2204. Tuberculosis; removal of patients to another state or country;   costs.    1.  When any state charge, as defined in this article, who has   not acquired state residence has settlement or  residence  or  otherwise   belongs  to  or  in  any other state or country, has legally responsible   relatives or friends willing to undertake the obligations to support him   or to aid in  supporting  him  in  such  other  state  or  country,  the   department may furnish him with transportation to such state or country,   provided,  in the judgment of the commissioner the interest of the state   and the welfare of such person will be promoted thereby.2. The commissioner shall designate or employ nurses or attendants  to   accompany  such persons being removed out of the state unless it appears   that such persons are in suitable condition to travel alone with safety.3. The expense of such removal shall be paid from the  state  treasury   on  the  audit  and  warrant  of  the comptroller pursuant to a verified   account  submitted  by  the  department,  and  the  commissioner   shall   thereupon  seek reimbursement for such expense from the state or country   of residence.
NY Pub Health L § 2205 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 1 - General Provisions 2205 - Tuberculosis; Removal of Patients to This State; Reciprocity Agreements.

§  2205.  Tuberculosis; removal of patients to this state; reciprocity   agreements.  1. The commissioner may  make  reciprocal  agreements  with   state  officials  or  agencies  of  other  states  regarding  interstate   transportation of state charges without state residence and  to  arrange   for  the  acceptance  and  tuberculosis  hospital  care and treatment of   persons receiving similar public care and treatment in other  states  in   accordance  with the terms of such reciprocal agreements, but this state   shall not, nor shall any county or city be committed to  such  care  and   treatment  of  persons  who are not, in the opinion of the commissioner,   entitled to such public care and treatment by the laws of this state.2. No agreement made pursuant to the provisions of this section  shall   become  effective  until  the attorney general has approved its form and   sufficiency.
NY Pub Health L § 2206 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 1 - General Provisions 2206 - Tuberculosis; Administration Costs; Appropriations.

§  2206.  Tuberculosis;  administration  costs;  appropriations.   The   appropriations made or to be made for the purposes of carrying  out  the   provisions of this article and article six of this chapter providing for   state  aid  for  tuberculous  patients shall be available, in accordance   with certificates of approval issued or to be issued by the director  of   the  budget, to the commissioner for the payment of expenses of personal   service and other  maintenance  and  operation,  including  purchase  of   equipment  and  the  purchase  of  passenger  automobiles and for travel   outside the state, necessary for the administration of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 2207 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 1 - General Provisions 2207 - Tuberculosis; Application of Law to City of New York.

§  2207. Tuberculosis; application of law to city of New York.  All of   the provisions of sections two thousand two hundred to two thousand  two   hundred  seven,  inclusive,  of this chapter, shall apply throughout the   entire state and to each county and city thereof, including the city  of   New York.
NY Pub Health L § 2221 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 2 - Control 2221 - Tuberculosis; Records of Tuberculous Patients; Confidential.

§  2221.  Tuberculosis; records of tuberculous patients; confidential.   Reports of tuberculous patients made pursuant to law  and  the  sanitary   code  and also all records of examinations of such patients shall not be   open to inspection by any person other than the  health  authorities  of   the  state and of the local health district, and said health authorities   shall not permit any such report or record  to  be  divulged  so  as  to   disclose the identity of the person to whom it relates, except as may be   authorized in the sanitary code.
NY Pub Health L § 2222 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 2 - Control 2222 - Tuberculosis; Protection of Patient's Family; Duty of Physicians and Health Officers.

§   2222.  Tuberculosis;  protection  of  patient's  family;  duty  of   physicians and health officers.  1. It shall be the duty of a  physician   attending  a  patient having tuberculosis to take all proper precautions   and to give proper  instructions  to  provide  for  the  safety  of  all   individuals  occupying  the same house or apartment, and if no physician   be attending such  patient  this  duty  shall  devolve  upon  the  state   district health officer or local health officer.2.  All duties imposed upon physicians by any sections of this article   shall be performed by the state district health officer or local  health   officer  in  all  cases  of tuberculosis not attended by a physician, or   when the physician fails to perform the duties herein specified.
NY Pub Health L § 2223 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 2 - Control 2223 - Tuberculosis; Carelessness of Patients; Violation and Penalty; Duty of Health Officer.

§ 2223. Tuberculosis; carelessness of patients; violation and penalty;   duty  of  health  officer.   1. Any person having tuberculosis who shall   dispose of his sputum, saliva or other bodily secretion or excretion  so   as  to  cause  offense  or danger to any person or persons occupying the   same room or apartment, house, or part of a house, shall on complaint of   any person or persons subjected to such offense  or  danger,  be  deemed   guilty  of  a  nuisance and any persons subjected to such a nuisance may   make complaint in person or writing to the health officer of  the  local   health district where the nuisance complained of is committed.2.  It  shall  be  the duty of the local health officer receiving such   complaint to investigate and if it appears that the nuisance  complained   of  is  such  as  to cause offense or danger to any person occupying the   same room, apartment, house or part of a house, he shall serve a  notice   upon  the person so complained of, reciting the alleged cause of offense   or danger and requiring him to dispose of his sputum,  saliva  or  other   bodily  secretion  or  excretion  in  such  a  manner  as  to remove all   reasonable cause of offense or danger.3. Any person failing or refusing to comply with orders or regulations   of the local health officer  requiring  him  to  cease  to  commit  such   nuisance,  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of a misdemeanor and on conviction   thereof shall be fined not more than ten dollars.
NY Pub Health L § 2224 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 2 - Control 2224 - Tuberculosis; False Reports; Violation and Penalty.

§  2224.  Tuberculosis;  false  reports;  violation and penalty.   Any   physician or person practicing as a physician who  shall  wilfully  make   any  false  statement  concerning the name, age, sex, color, occupation,   place where last employed if known, or address of any person reported as   affected with tuberculosis, or who shall certify falsely as  to  any  of   the  precautions  taken  to  prevent  the  spread of infection, shall be   deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,  and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be   subject to a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.
NY Pub Health L § 2225 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 2 - Control 2225 - Tuberculosis; Recovery of Patient; Duty to Report.

§  2225.  Tuberculosis; recovery of patient; duty to report.  Upon the   recovery of any person having tuberculosis, it shall be the duty of  the   attending  physician  to make a report of this fact to the proper health   officer, who shall record the same in the records  of  his  office,  and   shall  relieve  said  person  from further liability to any requirements   imposed by this article.
NY Pub Health L § 2226 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 2 - Control 2226 - Tuberculosis; Death or Removal of Patient From Premises; Notice to Health Officer.

§  2226.  Tuberculosis;  death  or  removal  of patient from premises;   notice to health officer.  In case of the vacation of any  apartment  or   premises   by  the  death  or  removal  therefrom  of  a  person  having   tuberculosis, it shall be the duty of the  attending  physician,  or  if   there  be  no  such  physician,  or  if such physician be absent, of the   owner, lessee, occupant, or other  person  having  charge  of  the  said   apartment  or  premises,  within twenty-four hours thereafter, to notify   the health officer of  the  local  health  district  of  said  death  or   removal.
NY Pub Health L § 2227 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 2 - Control 2227 - Tuberculosis; Duty of Public Health Council.

§  2227.  Tuberculosis;  duty  of  public health council.   The public   health council shall include in the sanitary code  regulations  defining   the  methods  and precautions to be observed in disinfecting, cleansing,   or renovating premises under the provisions of this article.
NY Pub Health L § 2229 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 2 - Control 2229 - Tuberculosis; Vaccine and Vaccination.

§ 2229. Tuberculosis; vaccine and vaccination.  1. No vaccine shall be   used for the purpose of inducing immunity against tuberculosis in humans   in this state unless produced in accordance with regulations established   or approved by the commissioner.2.  Vaccination  with such approved vaccine shall be performed only in   accordance with regulations established by the commissioner.
NY Pub Health L § 2230 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 22 - Control of Tuberculosis Title 2 - Control 2230 - Tuberculosis; Violations and Penalties.

§  2230. Tuberculosis; violations and penalties.  Any person violating   any of the provisions of sections two thousand two hundred twenty to two   thousand two hundred twenty-six, inclusive, of  this  chapter  shall  be   deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor  and upon conviction thereof shall be   subject, except as in this article otherwise provided, to a fine of  not   less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars.
NY Pub Health L § 2304 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 23 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Title 1 - Care and Treatment 2304 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Treatment Facilities; Administration.

§   2304.   Sexually   transmitted   diseases;  treatment  facilities;   administration. 1. It shall be  the  responsibility  of  each  board  of   health  of  a  health  district  to  provide adequate facilities for the   diagnosis and treatment of persons living within  its  jurisdiction  who   are  suspected  of  being  infected  or  are  infected  with  a sexually   transmitted disease.2. The health officer of said health district shall  administer  these   facilities  directly  or  through contract and shall promptly examine or   arrange for the examination of persons suspected of being infected  with   a  sexually  transmitted disease, and shall promptly institute treatment   or arrange for the treatment of those found or  otherwise  known  to  be   infected  with  a sexually transmitted disease, provided that any person   may, at his option,  be  treated  at  his  own  expense  by  a  licensed   physician of his choice.3.   The   facilities   provided  by  the  board  of  health  and  the   administration of these facilities by the health  officer  shall  comply   with requirements of the commissioner.4.  Each  board  of  health and local health officer shall ensure that   diagnosis and treatment services are  available  and,  to  the  greatest   extent  practicable,  seek  third  party coverage or indemnification for   such services; provided, however, that no board of health, local  health   officer,  or  other municipal officer or entity shall request or require   that such coverage or indemnification be  utilized  as  a  condition  of   providing diagnosis or treatment services.5.  The  term  "health  officer"  as used in this article shall mean a   county health officer, a city health officer, a town health  officer,  a   village  health  officer,  the  health  officer of a consolidated health   district or a state district health officer.
NY Pub Health L § 2305 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 23 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Title 1 - Care and Treatment 2305 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Treatment by Licensed Physician or Staff Physi Cian of a Hospital; Prescriptions.

§ 2305. Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment by licensed physician   or  staff  physician  of  a hospital; prescriptions. 1. No person, other   than a licensed physician, or, in a hospital, a staff  physician,  shall   diagnose,  treat  or  prescribe  for  a  person  who  is infected with a   sexually transmitted disease, or who has been exposed to infection  with   a  sexually transmitted disease, or dispense or sell a drug, medicine or   remedy for the treatment of such person except on prescription of a duly   licensed physician.2. A licensed physician, or in a  hospital,  a  staff  physician,  may   diagnose,  treat  or  prescribe for a person under the age of twenty-one   years without the consent or knowledge of the  parents  or  guardian  of   said  person,  where such person is infected with a sexually transmitted   disease, or has been exposed to infection with  a  sexually  transmitted   disease.3.  For the purposes of this section, the term "hospital" shall mean a   hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter.
NY Pub Health L § 2306 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 23 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Title 1 - Care and Treatment 2306 - Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Reports and Information, Confidential.

§  2306.  Sexually  transmitted  diseases;  reports  and  information,   confidential. All reports or information secured by a board of health or   health  officer  under  the  provisions  of  this   article   shall   be   confidential  except in so far as is necessary to carry out the purposes   of this article. Such report or information may be  disclosed  by  court   order in a criminal proceeding in which it is otherwise admissible or in   a proceeding pursuant to article ten of the family court act in which it   is  otherwise admissible, to the prosecution and to the defense, or in a   proceeding pursuant to article ten of the family court act in  which  it   is  otherwise admissible, to the petitioner, respondent and attorney for   the child, provided that the subject of the report  or  information  has   waived  the  confidentiality provided for by this section except insofar   as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this  article.  Information   may  be  disclosed  to  third  party  reimbursers or their agents to the   extent necessary to reimburse health care providers for health services;   provided that, when necessary, an  otherwise  appropriate  authorization   for  such  disclosure  has been secured by the provider. A person waives   the  confidentiality  provided  for  by  this  section  if  such  person   voluntarily  discloses  or  consents  to  disclosure  of  such report or   information or a portion thereof. If such person lacks the  capacity  to   consent to such a waiver, his or her parent, guardian or attorney may so   consent.  An  order  directing disclosure pursuant to this section shall   specify that no report or information shall  be  disclosed  pursuant  to   such  order  which  identifies  or  relates to any person other than the   subject of the report or information. Reports  and  information  may  be   used  in  the aggregate in programs approved by the commissioner for the   improvement of the quality of medical  care  provided  to  persons  with   sexually  transmitted  diseases;  or  with patient identifiers when used   within the state or local health department  by  public  health  disease   programs  to  assess  co-morbidity  or  completeness of reporting and to   direct program needs, in which case patient  identifiers  shall  not  be   disclosed  outside  the  state  or  local  health  department  except as   otherwise provided for in this section.
NY Pub Health L § 2307 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 23 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Title 1 - Care and Treatment 2307 - Venereal Disease; Person Knowing Himself to Be Infected.

§  2307. Venereal disease; person knowing himself to be infected.  Any   person who, knowing himself or herself to be infected with an infectious   venereal disease, has sexual intercourse with another shall be guilty of   a misdemeanor.
NY Pub Health L § 2308 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 23 - Control of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Title 1 - Care and Treatment 2308 - Sexually Transmitted Disease; Pregnant Women; Blood Test for Syphilis.

§  2308.  Sexually transmitted disease; pregnant women; blood test for   syphilis. 1. Every physician attending pregnant women in the state shall   in the case of every woman so attended take  or  cause  to  be  taken  a   sample  of  blood  of  such  woman at the time of first examination, and   submit such sample to an approved laboratory for a standard  serological   test for syphilis.2.  Every  other person permitted by law to attend upon pregnant women   in the state but not permitted by law to take blood tests, shall cause a   sample of the blood of such pregnant woman to be  taken  promptly  by  a   duly  licensed  physician  and submitted to an approved laboratory for a   standard serological test for syphilis.3. The term "approved laboratory" means a laboratory approved for  the   purpose as herein provided by the department, or in the city of New York   by the department of health of such city.4.  A standard serological test for syphilis is one recognized as such   by the department or in the city of New York by the department of health   of such city.