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2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 4-A - Regulation of Body Piercing and Tattooing. › 460-A - Restrictions on Body Piercing Studios.

§  460-a. Restrictions on body piercing studios. 1. No owner, operator
  or employee of a body piercing studio shall permit body  piercing  on  a
  person  under eighteen years of age unless such person provides the body
  piercing studio with the written consent, in a form  prescribed  by  the
  commissioner,  of  a  parent or legal guardian to use such body piercing
  studio. The parent or legal guardian shall sign such consent form in the
  presence of the owner of the body piercing studio  or  a  body  piercing
  specialist  of  such  studio.  Such  original  written  consent shall be
  retained by the body piercing studio for a period of twelve  months  and
  may  be  retained  off  premises  provided  that  an electronic image or
  facsimile of the original signed consent form is  readily  available  by
  the owner or employee responsible for the operation of the body piercing
  studio.
2.  A  written  consent  form  signed  by  a  parent or legal guardian
  pursuant to subdivision one of this section shall expire  twelve  months
  from  the  date  it  is signed by the parent or legal guardian. Upon the
  expiration of a written consent form, a new  written  consent  shall  be
  provided  in  the  manner  prescribed in subdivision one of this section
  prior to the use of a body piercing studio by any person under  eighteen
  years of age.
3.  This  section  shall  be  exclusive and shall preempt any contrary
  local law or ordinance, except that this section shall  not  preempt  or
  supersede   local   laws  or  ordinances  imposing  additional  stricter
  restrictions on the operation of body  piercing  studios  which  are  in
  effect prior to the effective date of this section.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 4-A - Regulation of Body Piercing and Tattooing. › 461 - Permit Required.

§  461.  Permit  required.  1.  No  person  shall  be  a body piercing
  specialist or tattooist and no person, firm,  corporation,  partnership,
  or  other  association  shall  operate  a body piercing studio or tattoo
  studio without first obtaining a permit from the department.
2. All body piercing or tattooing shall  be  performed  in  accordance
  with  the rules and regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant
  to the public health law.
3. The department shall issue a permit if the body piercing specialist
  and  body  piercing  studio  or  tattooist  and  tattoo  studio  are  in
  compliance  with this article, the penal law and the state sanitary code
  and are not otherwise disqualified under this article.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 4-A - Regulation of Body Piercing and Tattooing. › 462 - Application of Article.

§  462.  Application of article. 1. This article shall not apply to or
  affect a physician duly licensed under article one hundred thirty-one of
  the education law or x-ray technicians.
2. This article shall not apply to, affect, or restrict the ability of
  a city, town, village, or county to  enact  a  local  law  or  ordinance
  prohibiting  or restricting body piercing or tattooing within such city,
  town, village or county.
3. Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to  limit  the
  duty or power of an officer to act with regard to an immediate threat to
  the  health  of the customers of a body piercing specialist or tattooist
  or body piercing studio or tattoo studio or the community in which it is
  located, or to alter or abridge any of the  duties  and  powers  now  or
  hereafter  existing in the commissioner, state district health officers,
  county boards of health, county commissioners of health or local  boards
  of health.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 4-A - Regulation of Body Piercing and Tattooing. › 463 - Denial of Permit; Notice of Hearing.

§  463.  Denial  of  permit;  notice of hearing. The department shall,
  before making a final determination to deny an application for a permit,
  notify the applicant in writing of the reasons for such proposed  denial
  and  shall  afford the applicant an opportunity to be heard in person or
  by counsel prior to denial of the application. Such  notification  shall
  be served personally or by certified mail or in any manner authorized by
  the  civil practice law and rules for service of a summons. If a hearing
  is requested, such hearing shall be held at such time and place  as  the
  department  shall  prescribe.  If  the applicant fails to make a written
  request  for  a  hearing  within  thirty  days  after  receipt  of  such
  notification,  then  the  notification  of denial shall become the final
  determination of the department. The department, acting by such  officer
  as  the commissioner may designate, shall have the power to subpoena and
  bring before the officer any person in this  state,  and  administer  an
  oath  to  and take testimony of any person or cause his deposition to be
  taken. A subpoena issued under this section shall be  regulated  by  the
  civil practice law and rules. If, after such hearing, the application is
  denied, written notice of such denial shall be served upon the applicant
  personally or by certified mail or in any manner authorized by the civil
  practice law and rules for the service of a summons.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 4-A - Regulation of Body Piercing and Tattooing. › 464 - Permits; Display; Renewal; Duplicates.

§  464. Permits; display; renewal; duplicates. 1. All permits shall be
  for a period of two years.
2. No permit shall be assignable or transferable.
3. Each permit issued pursuant to this article  shall  be  posted  and
  kept  posted  in  some  conspicuous place in the body piercing studio or
  tattoo studio in which the permittee is engaged in the practice of  body
  piercing or tattooing.
4.  Any  permit which has not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the
  payment of the renewal fee prescribed by the  commissioner,  be  renewed
  for additional periods of two years from its expiration, upon the filing
  on  any  application for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by the
  commissioner.
5. Any person, firm, corporation,  partnership  or  other  association
  failing  to  file application and fee for renewal of a permit within one
  year immediately following the expiration of his last permit  shall  pay
  an additional fee as prescribed by the commissioner.
6.  A  duplicate  permit  may  be  issued  for  one lost, destroyed or
  mutilated  upon  application  therefor  on  a  form  prescribed  by  the
  commissioner  and  the  payment  of  the  fee prescribed therefor by the
  commissioner. Each such duplicate permit shall have the word "duplicate"
  stamped across the face thereof and shall bear the same  number  as  the
  one it replaces.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 4-A - Regulation of Body Piercing and Tattooing. › 465 - Powers of the Commissioner.

§  465.  Powers  of  the  commissioner.  In addition to the powers and
  duties elsewhere prescribed in this article, the commissioner shall have
  power to:
1. Appoint one or more officers as shall be necessary to do or perform
  in the department's place or stead the acts authorized by this article;
2. Examine the qualifications and fitness of applicants for permits;
3. Keep records of all permits issued, suspended or revoked, or orders
  directing the cessation of unpermitted activities; and
4. Prepare a manual of  rules  and  regulations  for  the  conduct  of
  examinations  and to furnish copies thereof to persons desiring the same
  upon payment of a reasonable fee therefor.
5. Establish an  appropriate  fee  structure  for  licenses,  permits,
  renewals  and  duplicates,  and set levels of punishments for failure to
  abide by this article.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 4-A - Regulation of Body Piercing and Tattooing. › 466 - Judicial Review.

§  466. Judicial review. The action of the commissioner in suspending,
  revoking or refusing to issue or renew a permit or imposing any fine  or
  reprimand  upon  the  holder  thereof  may  be  reviewed by a proceeding
  brought under  and  pursuant  to  article  seventy-eight  of  the  civil
  practice law and rules.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 4-A - Regulation of Body Piercing and Tattooing. › 467 - Single Use Tattoo and Body Piercing Equipment.

§ 467. Single use tattoo and body piercing equipment.
1.  All tattoo studios and body piercing studios shall use only single
use needles and approved ink handling procedures in all tattoo and  body
piercing procedures performed in such establishments.
2.  Prior  to  a  person  receiving  a  tattoo or body piercing from a
licensed tattooist or body piercing specialist, such person and licensed
tattooist or body piercing specialist must sign a form  confirming  that
the tattooist or body piercing specialist:
(a)  Presented all single use needles in a sterile and sealed package,
that are to be used during the tattoo or body piercing procedure, to the
person receiving such tattoo or body piercing, and explained  that  only
approved ink handling procedures would be used; and
(b)  Opened  all  single  use  needles  that are to be used during the
tattoo or  body  piercing  procedure  in  the  presence  of  the  person
receiving such tattoo or body piercing.
3.  A  copy  of  the  confirmation  form  shall be given to the person
receiving a tattoo or body piercing. The tattoo studio or body  piercing
studio  shall  retain  a copy of such confirmation form for a period not
less than seven years.
4. The commissioner shall make regulations under this section.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 4-B - Tongue-Splitting › 470 - Prohibition of Tongue-Splitting.

§  470.  Prohibition  of tongue-splitting. 1. For the purposes of this
  section, "tongue-splitting" shall mean the cutting of a person's  tongue
  into two or more parts.
2.  No  person  shall  perform  a  tongue-splitting on another person,
  unless the  person  performing  such  tongue-splitting  is  licensed  to
  practice  medicine  pursuant  to  article  one hundred thirty-one of the
  education law or licensed to practice dentistry pursuant to article  one
  hundred thirty-three of the education law.
3.  A  violation of subdivision two of this section shall constitute a
  class A misdemeanor; provided, however,  that  a  second  or  subsequent
  violation of such subdivision committed within five years of the date of
  conviction for a prior offense shall constitute a class E felony.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 1 - General Provisions: State Laboratories; Approved Laboratories › 500 - Wadsworth Center for Laboratories and Research; Establishment.

§  500. Wadsworth center for laboratories and research; establishment.
  1.    The  commissioner  shall  establish  and  maintain  one  or   more
  laboratories  with  such  expert  assistants  and such facilities as are
  necessary for  routine  examinations  and  analyses,  and  for  original
  investigations  and  research  in  matters  affecting public health. The
  laboratories shall be known as the Wadsworth center for laboratories and
  research.
2. The commissioner shall  create  within  the  Wadsworth  center  for
  laboratories  and  research  a  master  of science degree program in the
  field of laboratory science, subject to approval of the board of regents
  and registration with the department of education.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 1 - General Provisions: State Laboratories; Approved Laboratories › 501 - State Laboratories; Approved Laboratories; Powers and Duties of Commissioner.

§ 501. State laboratories; approved laboratories; powers and duties of
commissioner. 1. The commissioner shall have authority:
(a)  to  make, at the expense of the state, examinations and analyses,
at the request of any health officer or of any physician  in  accordance
with the provisions of this article;
(b) to enter into contracts with laboratories in localities accessible
to  the  various  portions  of  the  state for the prompt examination of
specimens received from local health officers or physicians and for  the
immediate report thereon, at the expense of the state; provided that all
such   laboratories   shall  conform  to  the  standards  of  efficiency
established by the public health council, and that no  obligation  shall
be  incurred  by  the  commissioner  in  excess  of  the  sums available
therefor.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 1 - General Provisions: State Laboratories; Approved Laboratories › 503 - Laboratories; State Hospitals; Service to Counties and Municipalities.

§   503.  Laboratories;  state  hospitals;  service  to  counties  and
  municipalities. 1. The director of any hospital in the department,  with
  the  approval of the commissioner, may enter into a contract with proper
  municipal or county officials under which the laboratory service of  the
  hospital  may  be  made available to municipalities or counties or parts
  thereof when in his judgment such a contract shall be in the interest of
  public health and not  prejudicial  to  the  interest  or  work  of  the
  institution.
2. The treasurer of the hospital, or the director thereof, if there is
  no  treasurer,  shall  receive  all moneys paid in consideration of such
  contract and pay the same into the general fund of the state.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 1 - General Provisions: State Laboratories; Approved Laboratories › 504 - Laboratories; Scientific Tests on Living Animals; Rules; Approval.

§  504.  Laboratories;  scientific  tests  on  living  animals; rules;
approval. 1.  The  commissioner  is  authorized  to  designate  approved
laboratories  or  institutions  wherein  properly  conducted  scientific
tests, experiments  or  investigations,  involving  the  use  of  living
animals, may be performed or conducted.
2.  (a)  The  commissioner  shall  promulgate  rules  under which such
approvals shall be granted, and shall cause such rules to be  published,
and copies thereof shall be conspicuously posted in each such laboratory
or institution.
(b) Such rules of the commissioner shall include requirements that all
animals  shall be kindly and humanely treated, properly fed and suitably
housed, and that commensurate  with  experimental  needs  and  with  the
physiologic   function   under   study,   all   tests,  experiments  and
investigations  involving  pain  shall  be  performed   under   adequate
anesthesia.
3.  The  commissioner  or  his  duly  authorized  representative shall
inspect such laboratories or institutions to insure compliance with  the
rules and standards promulgated by him.
4. (a) The approval of a laboratory or institution by the commissioner
for  the  purposes  herein  set  forth  shall be limited to a period not
exceeding one year but may be renewed from  year  to  year  upon  proper
application to the commissioner.
(b)  Each  such  approval  may  be  revoked at any time for failure to
comply with the rules promulgated by the commissioner.
5. The performance of animal experimentation without approval  by  the
commissioner as herein provided shall constitute a misdemeanor.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 1 - General Provisions: State Laboratories; Approved Laboratories › 505-A - Purchase of Certain Animals for Scientific Tests.

§ 505-a. Purchase of certain animals for scientific tests. It shall be
  unlawful  for any laboratory or institution approved under this article,
  to purchase any dog or cat for experimental purposes unless  the  seller
  thereof  shall provide proof of ownership of the animal of a sufficiency
  prescribed by the commissioner. Every  such  laboratory  or  institution
  shall  keep  a record of each such purchase with the name and address of
  the seller and a copy of the proof of ownership given at the time of the
  transaction.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 1 - General Provisions: State Laboratories; Approved Laboratories › 506 - Unlawful Interference With Research Laboratory Operations.

§  506.  Unlawful interference with research laboratory operations. An
  agency as defined in subdivision three  of  section  eighty-six  of  the
  public  officers  law  may  deny  access  to records or portions thereof
  concerning biomedical research or biomedical teaching  conducted  at  an
  institution  of  higher  education  authorized  by  the  state education
  department or at an institution within the state that receives state  or
  federal  funding  to conduct such biomedical research or such biomedical
  teaching that, if disclosed, could endanger the life or  safety  of  any
  person  or  would  be reasonably likely to endanger the security of such
  biomedical research laboratory.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 2 - County Laboratories › 520 - County Laboratories; Establishment; Charges.

§  520.  County  laboratories; establishment; charges. 1. The board of
  supervisors  of  any  county  may  establish  therein  a  laboratory  or
  laboratories which shall serve the whole or part of the county.
2.  In  the  resolution  of the board of supervisors establishing such
  laboratory it shall define the area which it is intended to serve, which
  area from time to time may by resolution be altered; provided,  however,
  that in defining such area the territory included in a town shall not be
  divided  and provided further, that no city or any part thereof shall be
  included in the area so defined unless the mayor and the common council,
  or  the  officials  exercising  similar  powers,  shall  have  consented
  thereto.
3.  The services of such laboratories shall be rendered at an adequate
  and  reasonable  charge,  except  that,  with  the   approval   of   the
  commissioner, one or more services may be rendered without any charge.
4.  The  board  of  supervisors may, in lieu of the establishment of a
  laboratory and with  the  approval  of  the  commissioner,  provide  for
  laboratory  service  by contracting with an established laboratory which
  is conveniently located.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 2 - County Laboratories › 521 - County Laboratories; Establishment by Referendum.

§  521. County laboratories; establishment by referendum. 1.  Upon the
  petition signed by two hundred  or  more  taxpayers  of  the  county  or
  district  to  be served by such a laboratory, the governing body of that
  county or district at the next date for filling an elective office shall
  hold a referendum upon the question of  establishing  a  laboratory  the
  construction  of  which is to be financed by taxes levied for the fiscal
  year in which the expenditures therefor are to be made.   If a  majority
  of  the  votes  cast  are  in favor of establishing such a laboratory it
  shall be mandatory upon the governing body of that county or district to
  take the steps necessary for the establishment and maintenance of such a
  laboratory as provided for by this chapter.
2.  Nothing  contained  in  sections  five  hundred  to  five  hundred
  twenty-one, inclusive, of this chapter shall be construed to prevent the
  financing of any expenditure, in whole or in part, pursuant to the local
  finance law.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 2 - County Laboratories › 522 - County Laboratories; Boards of Supervisors; Powers and Duties.

§  522. County laboratories; boards of supervisors; powers and duties.
1. The board of supervisors, when it shall have determined to  establish
a county laboratory, shall have the power:
(a)  to  acquire  by  purchase,  exchange or otherwise, necessary real
property, building or rooms or to erect necessary buildings;
(b) to cause to be assessed, levied and collected in the  same  manner
as other charges against the county, such sums of money as it shall deem
necessary  for  laboratory  purposes;  provided,  however,  that where a
laboratory  is  intended  to  serve  less  than  a  whole   county   the
expenditures made in connection therewith shall be assessed only against
the area served by the laboratory; and
(c)  to accept and hold in trust for the county any grant or devise of
land or any gift or bequest of money or other personal property  or  any
donation to be applied, principal or income, or both, for the benefit of
said laboratory.
2.  Nothing  in this article shall be construed to repeal or amend any
provision of law not inconsistent herewith relating to  laboratories  in
counties  or  to  abrogate  any powers of boards of supervisors relating
thereto.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 2 - County Laboratories › 524 - County Laboratories; Boards of Managers; Officers; Meetings; Compensation and Expenses.

§  524.  County  laboratories; boards of managers; officers; meetings;
  compensation and expenses. 1. Except in counties wherein the  laboratory
  functions  as  a division of the county health department or wherein the
  board of managers has been abolished, the  board  of  managers  of  each
  laboratory shall elect a chairman, vice chairman and a secretary.
2.  The  board  of managers of each laboratory shall hold a meeting at
  least four times in each year, and at such other times as  it  may  deem
  necessary.
3.  Each  member  of  the board of managers attending meetings of such
  board shall receive his actual and necessary expenses incident  thereto,
  to  be  audited  and  paid  in  the same manner as other expenses of the
  laboratory.
4. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to effect  any
  change  in  the  administration  and  organization  of a county board of
  health which shall be vested with the powers and duties of  a  board  of
  managers   pursuant   to   subdivision  five  of  section  five  hundred
  twenty-three of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 2 - County Laboratories › 525 - County Laboratories; Boards of Managers; Powers and Duties.

§ 525. County laboratories; boards of managers; powers and duties. The
board  of  managers of each laboratory, or the county board of health in
any  county  wherein  an  alternative  form  of  government  shall  have
established  a  county  health  district  coterminous  with  the county,
subject to the provisions of the county government law of  such  county,
or  a  county  board of health which has been vested with the powers and
duties of a board of managers pursuant to subdivision  five  of  section
five  hundred  twenty-three  of  this  chapter, shall have the following
powers and duties:
(a) to appoint a director or other person in charge of the  laboratory
who  shall  have  such qualifications as may be prescribed by the public
health council;
(b) to exercise general management and control of the  laboratory,  of
the  grounds,  buildings,  rooms,  employees  and  of  all other matters
relating to the government, discipline, contracts  and  fiscal  concerns
thereof;
(c) to make such rules and regulations as may be necessary in relation
to  the  administration of the laboratory and the fees to be charged for
laboratory  service,  not  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this
chapter;
(d)  notwithstanding  any other general or special law, to cause to be
erected all additional buildings found necessary  after  the  laboratory
has  been  placed  in  operation  and  to cause to be made all necessary
improvements and repairs within the limits of  the  appropriations  made
therefor; and,
(e)  to  establish branch laboratories if the area to be served by the
laboratory is so large, if its topography is such as to make  access  to
the  laboratory  difficult, or if for any other reason such action seems
reasonable or desirable.
(f) to enter into an agreement annually with the  governing  board  of
any  charitable  corporation or municipality operating and maintaining a
hospital to provide  that  the  hospital  collect  fees  for  laboratory
services  for  the  patients  in  such  hospital in the same manner that
hospital charges are collected, and forward them to the laboratory,  and
to  provide  that  the  cost  of  collecting such fees to be paid by the
county to the hospital in an amount mutually acceptable and in  lieu  of
actual  and  necessary  expenses.  No  agreement  shall become effective
unless and until approved by the commissioner and by resolution  of  the
board of supervisors.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 2 - County Laboratories › 526 - County Laboratories; Annual Reports.

§  526.  County  laboratories;  annual  reports. 1. Except in counties
  wherein the  laboratory  has  been  transferred  and  established  as  a
  division  of the county health department, the board of managers of each
  laboratory, or the county board of health which has been vested with the
  powers and duties of a board of managers pursuant to subdivision five of
  section five hundred twenty-three of this chapter,  shall  make  to  the
  board  of  supervisors  annually  at such time as said supervisors shall
  direct a detailed report of the operation of the laboratory  during  the
  calendar  year,  including  among  other  things, the number and kind of
  specimens examined and the results of such examinations,  together  with
  suitable  recommendations  and  such other matters as may be required of
  them.
2. In  counties  wherein  the  laboratory  has  been  transferred  and
  established  as  a  division of the county health department pursuant to
  law the county board of  health  shall  make  to  the  county  executive
  annually  such report at such time as said county executive shall direct
  a detailed report of the operation of the laboratory during the calendar
  year, including among other things, the number  and  kind  of  specimens
  examined and the results of such examinations.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 2 - County Laboratories › 527 - County Laboratories; Director; Powers and Duties.

§ 527. County laboratories; director; powers and duties. 1.  Except as
provided  in  subdivision  two  of  this  section, the director or other
person in charge of each county laboratory, subject to the  approval  of
the board of managers, shall:
(a)  equip  the  laboratory  with all necessary furniture, appliances,
fixtures and other needed facilities for the conduct of laboratory  work
and  purchase  all  necessary  supplies  within  the appropriations made
therefor;
(b) have general supervision and control of the internal  affairs  and
work of the laboratory;
(c) make and enforce such rules, regulations and orders as he may deem
necessary,  not  inconsistent with law or with the rules and regulations
of the board of managers, or of the county board of health, whichever is
the governing authority;
(d)  unless  otherwise  provided  by  law  appoint  employees  of  the
laboratory within the limits of his appropriations, and remove them;
(e)  cause  to be kept proper accounts and records of the business and
operation  of  the  laboratory,  including  such  records  relating   to
specimens  examined and render such reports as may be required by law or
by the regulations of the commissioner.
2. The director or other person in charge of each county laboratory in
any  county  wherein  an  alternative  form  of  government  shall  have
established  a county health district coterminous with the county and in
which the  laboratory  has  been  transferred  and  reestablished  as  a
division of the county health department, subject to the approval of the
county  board  of health and the provisions of the county government law
of such county, shall:
(a) have general supervision and control of the internal  affairs  and
work of the laboratory;
(b) make and enforce such rules, regulations and orders as he may deem
necessary,  not  inconsistent with law or with the rules and regulations
of the board of health;
(c) recommend to the board of health appointment of employees for  the
laboratory  and  the  acquisition  of  equipment, furniture, appliances,
fixtures and other needed facilities for the conduct of the work of  the
laboratory;
(d)  cause  to be kept proper accounts and records of the business and
operation  of  the  laboratory,  including  such  records  relating   to
specimens  examined and render such reports as may be required by law or
by the regulations of the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 2 - County Laboratories › 528 - County Laboratories; Bills and Accounts; Payment.

§  528.  County  laboratories; bills and accounts; payment. 1.  Unless
  otherwise provided by law, the director or other  person  in  charge  of
  each  laboratory shall certify all bills and accounts including salaries
  and wages, and transmit them to the board of supervisors of  the  county
  which  shall  provide  for  their  payment  in  the same manner as other
  charges against the county.
2. The board of supervisors of a county not having a purchasing  agent
  may  make  an  appropriation  for the maintenance of such laboratory and
  direct the county treasurer to pay all  bills,  accounts,  salaries  and
  wages  which  are  approved by the director of the laboratory within the
  amount of such appropriation, subject to  such  regulations  as  to  the
  payment and audit thereof as the board of supervisors may deem proper.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 3 - City Laboratories › 540 - City Laboratories; Continuation and Establishment.

§  540.  City  laboratories;  continuation and establishment. 1.   (a)
Nothing contained in sections five hundred twenty-five to  five  hundred
twenty-eight,  inclusive,  of this chapter, shall be construed to repeal
or amend any provision  of  law  under  which  any  health  function  or
activity  may  be  carried  on in any city, or to transfer or affect any
authority in relation to health activities now being  exercised  in  any
city by any public board or officer.
(b)  Any  public  board  or  officer  of  a city now exercising health
functions may, with the approval of the mayor, contract with  the  board
of  managers  or  other  governing  authority  of any laboratory for the
purpose of cooperation and to join and share facilities.
2. If it is the intention of the common council or  similar  authority
of  a  city  to apply for state aid for a proposed laboratory, under the
provisions of section six hundred twenty to  six  hundred  twenty-three,
inclusive, of this chapter, the common council or similar authority with
the  approval  of  the board of estimate, if such exists, shall have the
power to establish a laboratory in such city.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 3 - City Laboratories › 541 - City Laboratories; Operation and Control.

§   541.  City  laboratories;  operation  and  control.  1.  Upon  the
  establishment or continuation of a laboratory by a city as  provided  in
  section five hundred forty of this chapter, all the powers and duties of
  the  board  of  supervisors  of  a  county  in  relation to laboratories
  provided in sections five hundred twenty and five hundred twenty-two  of
  this  chapter,  shall devolve upon the common council or other authority
  exercising similar powers of such city.
2. The salaries of the director and other employees of the laboratory,
  and contracts to be made for, by or on  behalf  of  the  laboratory  and
  appropriations  for  the  acquisition  of  sites  and  buildings and for
  maintenance, shall all be under the control of the same officials as now
  have control of  similar  items  and  shall  be  governed  by  the  same
  provisions of law.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 3 - City Laboratories › 542 - City Laboratories; Boards of Managers; Appointment.

§  542. City laboratories; boards of managers; appointment. 1. (a) The
mayor of any city establishing  a  laboratory  in  accordance  with  the
provisions  of  this article shall appoint the board of managers of such
laboratory which board shall consist of at least five  members,  two  of
them  shall  be physicians duly licensed to practice in the state of New
York. The county medical society may present to  the  mayor  a  list  of
names  of  physicians  residing in the city from which he may choose the
medical members of the board of managers.
(d) The president of the local board of health, if such office exists,
and the  local  commissioner  of  health  or  health  officer  shall  be
ex-officio members of the board of managers of the laboratory.
2.  In  cities  when more than one laboratory is established, only one
board of managers shall be appointed, which shall have jurisdiction over
all the  laboratories  established  or  operating  under  sections  five
hundred forty to five hundred forty-three inclusive, of this chapter, in
said city.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 3 - City Laboratories › 543 - City Laboratories; Board of Managers; Power to Enter Into Agreements With Hospitals.

§  543.  City  laboratories;  board  of  managers; power to enter into
  agreements with hospitals. The board of managers of  a  city  laboratory
  shall  have  the  power  to  enter  into  an agreement annually with the
  governing board of any charitable corporation or municipality  operating
  and maintaining a hospital to provide that the hospital collect fees for
  laboratory services for the patients in such hospital in the same manner
  that hospital charges are collected, and forward them to the laboratory,
  and to provide that the cost of collecting such fees be paid by the city
  to  the  hospital in an amount mutually acceptable and in lieu of actual
  and necessary expenses. No agreement shall become effective  unless  and
  until  approved  by  the  commissioner  and  by resolution of the common
  council or other body exercising similar powers.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 New York Laws › PBH - Public Health › Article 5 - Laboratories › Title 5 - Clinical Laboratory and Blood Banking Services › 575-A - Source Plasma Donation Centers.

§  575-a.  Source  plasma donation centers. 1. Notwithstanding section
  five hundred seventy-four and subdivision one of  section  five  hundred
  seventy-one of this chapter, a source plasma donation center may collect
  source plasma through plasmapheresis, and may employ a person to perform
  total  protein  tests  using  digital  refractometers,  and  to  perform
  hematocrit tests, if the source plasma donation center and  such  person
  comply  with  all  the  requirements  of  federal  law  and  regulations
  governing the collection of source plasma, including,  but  not  limited
  to,  laws  governing  staff supervision, training, and duties, including
  requirements  for  performing  total   protein   tests   using   digital
  refractometers in a source plasma donation center.
2.   The  commissioner  may  make  reasonable  additional  regulations
  governing source plasma donation  centers,  including  requirements  for
  registration  as  a  source  plasma  donation  center  and  payment of a
  reasonable registration fee. Rules and regulations applicable to  source
  plasma donation centers shall be consistent with this section.