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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 63 - Hiv/aids Testing, Reporting And Confidentiality Of Hiv-related Information › Section 63.7 - Documentation of hiv-related information and disclosures

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(a) Confidential HIV-related information
				  shall be recorded in the medical record such that it is readily accessible to
				  provide proper care and treatment.
(b) All disclosures of confidential
				  HIV-related information must be noted in the record, except:
(1) only initial disclosures to insurance
				  institutions must be noted;
(2)
				  notation is not required for disclosure to agents or employees of health
				  facilities or health care providers authorized under section
				  63.6(a)(3) 
				  of this Part; and
(3) notation is
				  not required for persons engaged in quality assurance, program monitoring or
				  evaluation, nor for governmental payment agents acting pursuant to contract or
				  law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 63 - Hiv/aids Testing, Reporting And Confidentiality Of Hiv-related Information › Section 63.9 - Health care provider and health facility policy and procedures

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Each health care provider and health facility employing
					 persons or contracting with persons to perform any activity related to such
					 provider's or facility's rendering of health services shall develop and
					 implement policies and procedures to maintain the confidentiality of
					 confidential HIV-related information. Such policies and procedures shall assure
					 that such information is disclosed to employees or contractors only when
					 appropriate under this Part. Such policies and procedures shall include:
(a) initial employee education inservice
				  education of employees regarding the legal prohibition against unauthorized
				  disclosure in Public Health Law article 27-F and provisions of article 21,
				  title III. Updates should be provided to all employees in cases of changes to
				  relevant laws or regulations. A list of all employees who have had such
				  training must be maintained by health care providers and health facilities.
				  Health care providers and health facilities contracting with others for
				  services in which HIV-related information may be disclosed to such contractors,
				  must document evidence that such contractors have been informed of the
				  confidentiality and disclosure requirements of this Part;
(b) maintenance of a list of job titles and
				  the specific employee functions within those titles for which employees are
				  authorized to access such information. This list shall describe the limits of
				  such access to information and must be provided to the employees during
				  employee education sessions;
(c) a
				  requirement that only full-time or part-time employees, contractors and
				  medical, nursing or health-related students who have received such education on
				  HIV confidentiality, or can document that they have received such education or
				  training, shall have access to confidential HIV-related information while
				  performing the authorized functions listed under paragraph (2) of this
				  subdivision;
(d) protocols for
				  ensuring that records, including records which are stored electronically, are
				  maintained securely and used for the purpose intended;
(e) procedures for handling requests by other
				  parties for confidential HIV-related information;
(f) protocols prohibiting
				  employees/agents/contractors from discriminating against persons having or
				  suspected of having HIV infection; and
(g) review of the policies and procedures on
				  at least an annual basis.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 63 - Hiv/aids Testing, Reporting And Confidentiality Of Hiv-related Information › Section 63.10 - Significant risk

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(a) The three
				  factors necessary to create a significant risk of contracting or transmitting
				  HIV infection are:
(1) the presence of a
				  significant risk body substance;
(2) a circumstance which constitutes
				  significant risk for transmitting or contracting HIV infection; and
(3) the presence of an infectious source and
				  another person.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 63 - Hiv/aids Testing, Reporting And Confidentiality Of Hiv-related Information › Section 63.11 - Separability

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If any section, subsection, clause or provision of this
					 Part shall be deemed by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
					 unconstitutional, ineffective or otherwise legally invalid or unenforceable, in
					 whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional, ineffective or
					 otherwise legally invalid or unenforceable, it shall be valid and effective and
					 no other section, subsection, clause or provision shall, on account thereof, be
					 deemed invalid or ineffective.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 63 - Hiv/aids Testing, Reporting And Confidentiality Of Hiv-related Information › Section 63.12 - Repealed

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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-1 - School Immunization Requirements › Section 66-1.1 - Definitions

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As used in this Subpart, unless the context otherwise
						requires:
(a)
School
means and includes a public, private or parochial child-caring center, day-care
					 agency providing day care of children as defined in this section, nursery
					 school as defined in this section, kindergarten, and any elementary,
					 intermediate or secondary class or school building.
(b)
Child
means and includes
					 any person between the ages of two months and 18 years.
(c)
Day care of children
means:
(1) outside the City of New York, care
					 provided children away from the child's residence, for less than 24 hours per
					 day in a licensed child day care center or a group family day care, for
					 compensation or otherwise, for at least three hours a day;
(2) in the City of New York, any service
					 which, during all or part of the day, regularly gives care to six or more
					 children, not of common parentage, who are under six years of age, whether or
					 not the care is given for compensation and whether or not it has a stated
					 educational purpose. The total number of children receiving care shall be
					 counted, including children or foster children of the owner or person in
					 charge, in determining the applicability of this definition. The term shall
					 not, however, include a service which gives care to children for five or less
					 hours a week or a service which operates for one month a year or
					 less.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-1 - School Immunization Requirements › Section 66-1.3 - Requirements for school admission

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A principal or person in charge of a school shall not
						admit a child to school unless a person in parental relation to the child has
						furnished the school with one of the following:
(a) A certificate of immunization, as
					 described in section
					 66-1.6 
					 of this Subpart, from a health care practitioner or from NYSIIS or the CIR,
					 documenting that the child has been fully immunized according to the
					 requirements of section
					 66-1.1(f) 
					 of this Subpart.
(b) Documentation
					 that the child is in process of receiving immunizations as defined in section
					 66-1.1(j) 
					 of this Subpart. A principal or person in charge of a school shall not refuse
					 to admit a child to school, based on immunization requirements, if that child
					 is in process.
(c) A signed,
					 completed medical exemption form approved by the NYSDOH or NYC Department of
					 Education from a physician licensed to practice medicine in New York State
					 certifying that immunization may be detrimental to the child"TMs health,
					 containing sufficient information to identify a medical contraindication to a
					 specific immunization and specifying the length of time the immunization is
					 medically contraindicated. The medical exemption must be reissued annually. The
					 principal or person in charge of the school may require additional information
					 supporting the exemption.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-1 - School Immunization Requirements › Section 66-1.4 - Requirements for continued school attendance

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A principal or person in charge of a school shall not
						permit a child to continue to attend such a school for more than 14 days unless
						a person in parental relation to the child has furnished the school with one of
						the documents specified in section
						66-1.3 
						of this Subpart. Such 14 calendar day period may be extended to not more than
						30 calendar days for an individual student who is transferring from
						out-of-state or from another country and can show a good faith effort to get
						the necessary evidence of immunization.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-1 - School Immunization Requirements › Section 66-1.5 - Immunization records from previous schools

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An immunization record forwarded from the child's
						previous school, which contains all of the information specified in subdivision
						(a) of section
						66-1.3 
						of this Subpart, may be accepted by the principal or person in charge of the
						school in lieu of a certificate of immunization.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-1 - School Immunization Requirements › Section 66-1.6 - Certificate of immunization

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The certificate of immunization required in section
						66-1.3(a) 
						of this Subpart shall be prepared and signed by a health practitioner licensed
						in New York State and shall specify the products administered and the dates of
						administration. It may also show physician, nurse practitioner, or physician
						assistant-verified history of varicella disease and/or positive serologic tests
						for measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, and/or Hepatitis B and/or laboratory
						confirmation of disease for measles, mumps, rubella and/or varicella.
						Certificates of immunization issued prior to September 1, 2019 may also show
						positive serologic tests for all 3 serotypes of poliomyelitis contained in the
						polio vaccines. A record issued by NYSIIS, the CIR, an official immunization
						registry from another state, an electronic health record, and/or an official
						record from a foreign nation may be accepted as a certificate of immunization
						without a health practitioner's signature.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-1 - School Immunization Requirements › Section 66-1.7 - School survey

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Every school, shall annually provide the Commissioner of
						Health, or in the city of New York the New York City Commissioner of Health, by
						a date determined by the applicable commissioner, a summary regarding
						compliance with the provisions of this section. For all schools, excluding
						public schools within New York City, the summary will be provided in the form
						of the yearly school survey conducted by the Department of
						Health.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-1 - School Immunization Requirements › Section 66-1.8 - Immunization for children excluded from school

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Whenever a child has been refused admission to or
						continued attendance at a school for lack of acceptable evidence of
						immunization, immunity or exemption as specified in section
						66-1.4 
						of this Subpart, the principal, teacher, owner, or person in charge of the
						school shall:
(a) notify the person in
					 parental relation to the child of his/her responsibility to have the child
					 immunized and of the public resources available for doing so;
(b) notify the local health authority of the
					 name and address of the excluded child and of the immunization or immunizations
					 which the child lacks; and
(c)
					 provide, with the cooperation of the local health authority, for a time and
					 place at which the required immunization or immunizations may be
					 administered.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-1 - School Immunization Requirements › Section 66-1.9 - Obligation of local health authority

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Upon being notified by a principal or person in charge of
						a school of the exclusion from school of one or more children for lack of
						acceptable evidence of immunization, it shall be the responsibility of the
						local health authority to either:
(a)
					 cooperate with the school authorities to provide a time and place, within two
					 weeks of the exclusion, at which the appropriate immunization or immunizations
					 may be administered, by a health practitioner as defined in section
					 66-1.1(e) 
					 of this Subpart; or
(b) notify the
					 commissioner that the required immunizations will not be administered either by
					 local health authority or school, and that the cost of doing so by the agents
					 of the commissioner may be recovered from the amount of State aid to which the
					 local health authority would otherwise be entitled.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-1 - School Immunization Requirements › Section 66-1.10 - Exclusion in event of disease outbreak

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(a) For those diseases listed in PHL section
					 2164 only, in the event of an outbreak, as defined in section
					 2.2(d) 
					 of this Title, of a vaccine-preventable disease in a school, the commissioner,
					 or his or her designee, or in the City of New York, the Commissioner of Health
					 of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, may order the
					 appropriate school officials to exclude from attendance all students who either
					 have been exempted from immunization under section
					 66-1.3(c) 
					 [or (d)] of this Subpart, or are in the process of receiving required
					 immunizations pursuant to section
					 66-1.3(b) 
					 of this Subpart.
(b) The exclusion
					 shall continue until the commissioner or his or her designee, or in the City of
					 New York, the Commissioner of Health of the New York City Department of Health
					 and Mental Hygiene, determines that the danger of transmission has
					 passed.
(c) Schools must maintain a
					 list of susceptible students who should be excluded from attendance in the
					 event of an outbreak of vaccine preventable disease. This list must include all
					 students who have been excused from immunization under section
					 66-1.3(c) 
					 of this Subpart and students who are in the process of completing immunization
					 series or awaiting the results of serologic testing for any vaccine preventable
					 disease specified under section
					 66-1.3(b) 
					 of this Subpart. The list shall be updated each time a new student enrolls in
					 the school or a student's immunization status changes.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-2 - Immunization Against Measles, Mumps And Rubella For Post Secondary Students › Section 66-2.1 - Definitions

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(a) Institution
					 means a college, university or other institution for higher education
					 authorized to confer degrees.
(b)
					 Student means any person born on or after January 1, 1957, who is registered to
					 attend or attends classes at an institution whether full-time or part-time.
					 Part-time student means a student enrolled for at least six, but less than 12
					 semester hours, or the equivalent, per semester or at least four but less than
					 eight semester hours per quarter in an approved degree or registered
					 certificate program in a degree granting institution. Full-time student means a
					 student enrolled for 12 or more semester hours, or the equivalent, per semester
					 or eight or more semester hours per quarter.
(c) Immunization means an adequate dose or
					 doses of an immunizing agent against measles, mumps and rubella which meets
					 standards approved by the United States public health service for such
					 biological products and which is approved by the State Department of Health
					 under such conditions as may be specified by the public health
					 council.
(d) Health practitioner
					 means any person authorized by law to administer an immunization.
(e) Attendance means the physical presence of
					 the student at the institution and shall begin on the first scheduled day of
					 classes for a student each semester.
(f) School means a public, private or
					 parochial elementary, intermediate or secondary school building.
(g) Certificate of Immunization means that
					 document, prepared by the health practitioner who administers an immunization,
					 which specifies the products administered and the dates of administration (see
					 Public Health Law, section 2165[5]). It may also show physician-verified
					 history of disease and/or laboratory evidence of immunity. Certificate of
					 Immunization shall also mean an immunization record submitted by the
					 institution or school which the student previously attended, which specifies
					 the products administered and the dates of administration and whose source was
					 a certificate of immunization from a health practitioner.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-2 - Immunization Against Measles, Mumps And Rubella For Post Secondary Students › Section 66-2.2 - Requirements for attendance at an institution

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(a) No institution shall permit any student
					 to attend such institution unless the student has furnished to the institution
					 the documentation in subdivision (b), (c), (d), or (e) of this
					 section.
(b) A certificate of
					 immunization that shows the student has:
(1)
					 either:
(i) received two doses of live
					 measles virus vaccine, the first dose administered after the age of 12 months
					 and the second dose administered more than 30 days after the first dose but
					 after 15 months of age; or
(ii)
					 been diagnosed by a physician as having had measles disease; or
(iii) demonstrated serological evidence of
					 measles antibodies; or
(iv) if the
					 student is unable to provide a certificate of immunization that satisfies the
					 requirements in subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph,
					 documentation that proves the student attended primary or secondary school in
					 the United States after 1980 will be sufficient proof that the student received
					 one dose of live measles virus vaccine. If such documentation is provided, then
					 the student must also provide a certificate of immunization that documents a
					 dose of measles vaccine was administered within one year prior to attendance at
					 the post-secondary institution; and
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-2 - Immunization Against Measles, Mumps And Rubella For Post Secondary Students › Section 66-2.3 - Time requirements for compliance

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No institution shall permit any student to attend such
						institution in excess of 30 days without complying with section
						66-2.2 
						of this Subpart, except that for a student from out of state or another country
						who can show a good faith effort to comply with section
						66-2.2 
						of this Subpart may attend the institution for 45 days. Prior to August 1,
						1991, the applicable 30- and 45-day periods shall be extended to 60 and 90
						days, respectively.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-2 - Immunization Against Measles, Mumps And Rubella For Post Secondary Students › Section 66-2.4 - Immunization for students not in compliance

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In the event that a student registers at an institution
						and has not provided the documentation listed in section
						66-2.2(b)
						or (c)  of this Subpart the institution
						shall:
(a) notify the student of the
					 necessity to be immunized, and that such immunizations may be administered by a
					 health practitioner or public health officer in the county where the student
					 resides or in which the institution is located; and
(b) notify the student that immunization is
					 required for attendance at the institution unless the student provides valid
					 reason for lack of immunization due to medical or religious exemption according
					 to section
					 66-2.2(d)
					 or (e)  of this Subpart.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-2 - Immunization Against Measles, Mumps And Rubella For Post Secondary Students › Section 66-2.5 - Obligation of local health officer

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If any student is unable to pay for the services of a
						private health practitioner, such student may present himself or herself to the
						health officer of the county in which such student resides, or the county in
						which the institution is located who shall then administer the immunization
						without charge.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-2 - Immunization Against Measles, Mumps And Rubella For Post Secondary Students › Section 66-2.6 - Exclusion of susceptibles in the event of a disease outbreak

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(a) In the event of
					 an outbreak of measles, mumps or rubella in an institution, the commissioner
					 may order the appropriate officials of the institution to exclude from
					 attendance all students without documentation of immunity as specified in
					 section
					 66-2.2(b)
					 or (c)  and those who have been excused from
					 immunization under section
					 66-2.2(d)
					 or (e)  of this Subpart.
(b) The exclusion shall continue until the
					 commissioner determines that the danger of transmission has passed or until the
					 documentation specified in section
					 66-2.2(b)
					 or (c)  of this Subpart has been
					 submitted.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-2 - Immunization Against Measles, Mumps And Rubella For Post Secondary Students › Section 66-2.7 - Annual assessment of the immunization level of students attending the institution

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The institution shall provide annually to the
						commissioner, on a form provided by the commissioner, a summary report of the
						immunization status of students attending the institution to whom this
						regulation applies. This report must be submitted by December 15th of each
						year.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-2 - Immunization Against Measles, Mumps And Rubella For Post Secondary Students › Section 66-2.8 - Requirements for continued attendance

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Prior to August 1, 1991, this Subpart shall not apply to
						part time students. This Subpart shall also not apply to any student who
						attended the institution he or she is attending prior to August 1,
						1989.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-2 - Immunization Against Measles, Mumps And Rubella For Post Secondary Students › Section 66-2.9 - Penalties

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A penalty for violation or failure to comply with any
						provision of this Subpart may be assessed (see Public Health Law, section
						206).
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-3 › Section 66-3.1

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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-3 › Section 66-3.2

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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-3 › Section 66-3.3 - Non-essential gatherings

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(a) There
					 shall be no non-essential gatherings of greater than 10 individuals for any
					 reason at any location in the State, including but not limited to parties,
					 celebrations or other social events. This restriction may be modified by any
					 Executive Order issued pursuant to Executive Law sections 28 and
					 29-A.
(b) No person, business, or
					 other entity, shall encourage or promote any non-essential gathering including
					 those on public property such as streets, sidewalks, parking lots, parks,
					 playgrounds, or beaches, that would violate subdivision (a) of this
					 section.
(c) There shall be no
					 non-essential gatherings on sidewalks, streets or other public property within
					 100 feet of any food service establishment, or any business entity holding a
					 liquor license from the State Liquor Authority.
(d) All non-essential gatherings that are
					 permitted pursuant to this section shall comply with social distancing
					 protocols and cleaning and disinfection guidelines issued by the
					 department.
(e) Subdivision (a) of
					 this section shall not apply to any essential business, as defined by the New
					 York State Department of Economic Development d/b/a Empire State Development
					 (ESD), pursuant to the authority provided in Executive Order 202.6, or as
					 further defined in this Subpart.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-3 › Section 66-3.5 - Penalties

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A violation of any provision of this Subpart is subject
						to all civil and criminal penalties as provided for by law. Individuals or
						entities that violate this Subpart are subject to a maximum fine of $1,000 for
						each violation; provided that individuals or entities who violate section
						66-3.3(a) or (b)  of this Subpart shall be subject to a maximum fine of $15,000
						for each violation. For purposes of civil penalties, each day that there is a
						non-essential gathering or that an entity operates in a manner inconsistent
						with the Subpart shall constitute a separate violation under this
						Subpart.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-4 - COVID-19 Nursing Home and Adult Care Facility Vaccination Program › Section 66-4.1 - Requirements for Nursing Homes

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(a) Every
					 nursing home regulated pursuant to Part 415 of this Title shall offer all
					 consenting, unvaccinated existing personnel and residents an opportunity to
					 receive the first or any recommended next or booster dose of the COVID-19
					 vaccine.
(b) The operator and
					 administrator of every nursing home regulated pursuant to Part 415 of this
					 Title must ensure that all new personnel, including employees and contract
					 staff, and every new resident and resident readmitted to the facility has an
					 opportunity to receive the first or any recommended next or booster dose of the
					 COVID-19 vaccine within fourteen days of having been hired by or admitted or
					 readmitted to such facility, as applicable.
(c) The requirement to ensure that all new
					 and current personnel and residents have an opportunity to receive the COVID-19
					 vaccination, as set forth in subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section, shall
					 include, but not be limited to:
(1) Posting
					 conspicuous signage throughout the facility reminding personnel and residents
					 that the facility offers COVID-19 vaccination; and
(2) Providing all personnel and residents who
					 decline to be vaccinated a written affirmation for their signature, which
					 indicates that they were offered the opportunity for a COVID-19 vaccination but
					 declined. Such affirmation must state that the signatory is aware that, if they
					 later decide to be vaccinated for COVID-19, it is their responsibility to
					 request vaccination from the facility. The facility shall maintain signed
					 affirmations on file at the facility and make such forms available at the
					 request of the Department.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-4 - COVID-19 Nursing Home and Adult Care Facility Vaccination Program › Section 66-4.2 - Requirements for Adult Care Facilities

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(a) The
					 operator and administrator of every adult care facility regulated pursuant to
					 Parts 487, 488 and 490 of Title 18 of the NYCRR and Part 1001 of this Title
					 shall make diligent efforts to arrange for all consenting, unvaccinated
					 existing personnel and residents to register for a vaccine appointment and an
					 appointment to receive any recommended booster, and shall document attempts to
					 schedule and methods used to schedule the vaccine in the individual's personnel
					 file or case management notes, as applicable.
(b) The operator and administrator of every
					 adult care facility regulated pursuant to Parts 487, 488 and 490 of Title 18 of
					 the NYCRR and Part 1001 of this Title must arrange for the COVID-19
					 vaccination, including the first or any recommended next or booster dose, of
					 all new personnel, including employees and contract staff, and every resident
					 upon admission to the facility. The requirement to arrange for COVID-19
					 vaccination of such personnel and residents shall include, but not be limited
					 to:
(1) For residents:
(i) during the pre-admission screening
					 process, and in no event after the first day of admission, the adult care
					 facility shall screen the prospective or newly-admitted resident for COVID-19
					 vaccine eligibility, including whether any first doses of the vaccine were
					 previously administered, and whether the resident is interested in obtaining
					 the COVID-19 vaccine, including a recommended booster. Such information shall
					 be documented with the resident's pre-admission screening information and, if
					 admitted, retained in the resident's case management records; and
(ii) within seven days of admission, the
					 facility shall make diligent efforts to schedule all consenting and eligible
					 residents for the COVID-19 vaccination, including a recommended booster. The
					 facility must document attempts to schedule and methods used to schedule the
					 vaccine appointment in the resident's case management
					 notes.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 66 - Immunizations and Communicable Diseases › Subpart 66-4 - COVID-19 Nursing Home and Adult Care Facility Vaccination Program › Section 66-4.3 - Penalties

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(a) A violation of
					 any provision of this Subpart shall be subject to penalties in accordance with
					 sections 12 and 12-b  of the Public Health Law.
(b) For adult care facilities, failure to
					 arrange for the vaccination of every facility resident and personnel as set
					 forth in section
					 66-4.2 
					 of this Part constitutes a "failure in systemic practices and procedures" under
					 Social Services Law 460-d(7)(b)(2)(iii) and pursuant to 18 NYCRR
					 486.5(a)(4)(v).
(c) In addition to
					 any monetary penalties or referral for criminal investigation to appropriate
					 entities, the Department shall be empowered to immediately take custody and
					 control of such vaccine at a nursing home and re-allocate to another
					 provider.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 67 - Lead Poisoning Prevention And Control › Subpart 67-1 - Screening And Follow-up › Section 67-1.1 - Definitions

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The following definitions apply to this Part:
(a) Anticipatory guidance means providing
					 parents or guardians of children under the age of six and pregnant women with
					 information regarding the major causes of lead poisoning and means of
					 preventing lead exposure. Such guidance shall be pertinent to the environment
					 of the child or pregnant woman.
(b)
					 Certificate of lead screening means documentation prepared by the health care
					 provider who ordered the blood lead test for the child indicating the date the
					 test was performed.
(c) Child shall
					 refer to an individual from birth to less than 18 years, unless otherwise
					 specified.
(d) Confirmed blood lead
					 level means a blood lead concentration measured on venous blood.
(e) Elevated blood lead level means a blood
					 lead concentration equal to or greater than 5 micrograms per deciliter of whole
					 blood.
(f) Environmental management
					 means environmental investigation and exposure assessment, sampling for lead,
					 environmental testing and reporting, notice and demand of discontinuance of
					 conditions conducive to lead poisoning, environmental intervention and
					 abatement, and enforcement in accordance with Subpart 67-2 of this
					 Part.
(g) Follow-up means actions
					 by local health units and health care providers which, depending on the blood
					 lead level and exposure history of the child, shall include as appropriate:
					 risk reduction education, follow-up testing, confirmatory testing, diagnostic
					 evaluation, medical management, environmental management and case management,
					 in accordance with generally accepted medical standards and public health
					 guidelines.
(h) Health care
					 provider means any health care practitioner who is authorized to order a blood
					 lead test and any facility licensed pursuant to article 28 of the Public Health
					 Law.
(i) Lead screening means
					 measuring lead concentration in whole blood to identify elevated blood lead
					 levels.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 67 - Lead Poisoning Prevention And Control › Subpart 67-1 - Screening And Follow-up › Section 67-1.3 - Laboratory testing and specimen collection

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(a) All blood lead tests shall be performed
					 by:
(1) a clinical laboratory approved for
					 toxicology-blood lead under article 5, title V of the Public Health
					 Law;
(2) a health care
					 practitioner's office pursuant to Public Health Law, section
					 579(1) that is certified by
					 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under regulations implementing
					 the Federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA);
					 or
(3) an entity exempt from the
					 requirements of Public Health Law, article 5, title V pursuant to section
					 579(3) of that title, that holds a certificate of registration issued by the
					 department and is authorized to conduct blood lead analyses.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 67 - Lead Poisoning Prevention And Control › Subpart 67-1 - Screening And Follow-up › Section 67-1.4 - Lead screening status of children who enroll in preschool or child care

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(a) Prior to or
					 within three months of initial enrollment, each child care provider, public and
					 private nursery school and preschool, licensed, certified or approved by any
					 State or local agency shall obtain a written statement signed by a health care
					 provider that documents lead screening for any child at least one year of age
					 but under six years of age, and retain such documentation until one year after
					 the child is no longer enrolled.
(b) When no documentation of lead screening
					 exists, the child shall not be excluded from attending nursery school,
					 preschool or child care, however, the child care provider, principal, teacher,
					 owner or person in charge of the nursery school or preschool shall provide the
					 parent or guardian of the child with information on lead poisoning and lead
					 poisoning prevention and refer the parent or guardian to the child's primary
					 health care provider or, if the child's primary care provider is unavailable or
					 the child has no primary health care provider, to another primary care provider
					 or to the local health unit to obtain a blood lead test.
(c) Each child care provider, public and
					 private nursery school and pre-school licensed, certified or approved by any
					 State or local agency is exempt from the requirement to obtain, prior to or
					 within three months of initial enrollment of children under six years of age,
					 evidence that said children have been screened for elevated blood lead levels
					 until April 1, 1994.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 67 - Lead Poisoning Prevention And Control › Subpart 67-1 - Screening And Follow-up › Section 67-1.5 - Lead screening and follow-up of pregnant women by prenatal care providers

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(a) Prenatal health
					 care providers shall provide each pregnant woman anticipatory guidance on lead
					 poisoning prevention during pregnancy, and shall assess each pregnant woman at
					 the initial prenatal visit for high dose lead exposure using a risk assessment
					 tool. A risk assessment tool shall be recommended by the State Commissioner of
					 Health.
(b) Prenatal health care
					 providers shall screen or refer for blood lead screening each pregnant woman
					 found to be at risk for current high dose lead exposure.
(c) Prenatal health care providers shall
					 provide each pregnant women, who has a confirmed blood lead level equal to or
					 greater than 10 micrograms per deciliter of whole blood, risk reduction
					 counselling in accordance with guidelines recommended by the State Commissioner
					 of Health.
(d) Prenatal care
					 providers shall refer each pregnant woman, who has a confirmed blood lead level
					 equal to or greater than 10 micrograms per deciliter of whole blood and who may
					 have been occupationally exposed to lead, to an occupational health clinic for
					 individual guidance.
(e) Prenatal
					 care providers shall provide anticipatory guidance to each woman at her
					 postpartum visit on the prevention of childhood lead poisoning.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 67 - Lead Poisoning Prevention And Control › Subpart 67-1 - Screening And Follow-up › Section 67-1.6 - Role of local health units

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(a) Local
					 health units shall provide public and professional education and community
					 outreach on lead poisoning prevention.
(b) Local health units shall provide blood
					 lead screening or arrange for blood lead screening for each child who requires
					 screening as provided in section 67- 1.4 of this Subpart and whose parent or
					 guardian is unable to obtain a lead test for their child because the child is
					 uninsured or the child's insurance does not cover lead screening.
(c) Local health units shall establish a
					 sliding fee schedule for blood lead screening of children from families with
					 incomes in excess of 200 percent of the Federal poverty level, pursuant to
					 section 606  of the Public Health Law, and shall
					 collect fees for blood lead testing from third-party payors, when
					 available.
(d) Local health units
					 shall provide environmental management as required under this Part.
(e) Local health units shall provide data to
					 identify exposure patterns and high risk populations for strategic planning for
					 lead poisoning prevention at the State and local level.
(f) Local health units shall institute
					 measures to identify and track children with elevated blood lead levels to
					 assure appropriate follow-up.
(g)
					 Local health units who serve as a child's primary health care provider shall
					 carry out activities in accordance with section
					 67-1.2(a)(1)
					 through (9)  of this Subpart.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations › Subchapter G - Aids Testing, Communicable Diseases and Poisoning › Part 67 - Lead Poisoning Prevention And Control › Subpart 67-2 - Environmental Assessment And Abatement › Section 67-2.1 - Purpose

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The purpose of this regulation is to define requirements
						for the assessment and abatement of conditions conducive to lead
						poisoning.