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CHAPTER 45
Public Health
CHAPTER 879

AN ACT in relation to the public health, constituting chapter

forty-five of the consolidated laws
Became a law April 20, 1953, with the approval of the Governor. Passed,

by a majority vote, three-fifths being present

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and
Assembly, do enact as follows:

CHAPTER 45 OF THE CONSOLIDATED LAWS

PUBLIC HEALTH LAW
Article

1. Short title and definitions: general provisions

Title I. Short title and definitions (§§ 1-2).

II. General provisions (§§ 10-24).

III. Office of the medicaid inspector general (§§

30-36).

2. The department of health.

Title I. Officers and employees (§§ 200--211-a).

II. The public health council (§§ 220-229).

II-A. Professional medical conduct (§§ 230--230-e).

* II-B. New York state health services corps (§§

231-233).

* NB Expired July 18, 1996

II-C. Charles D. Cook office of rural health (§§

234-237).

II-D. Health care practitioner referrals (§§

238--238-e).

II-E. HIV/HBV/HCV prevention training (§§

239--239-b).

II-F. Office of minority health (§§ 240*-244*).

III. State health areas (§§ 240-243).

IV. Spinal cord injury research board (§§ 250-251).

V. Health care practitioner volunteer pilot

program (§ 260).

V*. Obesity prevention act (§§ 260*-264).

5-A. Empire State Stem Cell Board (§§ 265--265-f).

VI. Women's Health (§§ 266-268).

6-A. The 21st century workgroup for disease

elimination and reduction (§ 266-a).

VII. NY State of Health (§§ 268-268-h).

8. Hunger prevention and nutrition assistance

program (§ 269).

2-A. Prescription drugs.

Title I. Preferred drug and clinical drug review

programs (§§ 270-277).

II. Prescription drugs; various provisions (§§

278--280-c).

III. Prescription forms, electronic prescribing and

language assistance (§ 281).

2-B. Drug take back (§§ 290-294).

3. Local health organization.

Title I. Local boards of health; general provisions (§§

300-312).

II. Local health officers (§§ 320-329).

III. County and part-county health districts (§§

340-357).

IV. Certain cities (§§ 360-378).

V. State park health districts (§§ 380-383).

VI. Consolidated health districts (§§ 390-399).

4. Property and hospitals in the department of health

Title I. General provisions (§§ 401-410).

II. Hospitals; boards of visitors (§§ 420-425).

IV. Hospitals; officers and employees (§§ 450-455).

4-A. Regulation of body piercing and tattooing (§§ 460-467).

4-B. Tongue-splitting (§ 470).

5. Laboratories

Title I. General provisions: state laboratories;

approved laboratories (§§ 500-506).

II. County laboratories (§§ 520-528).

III. City laboratories (§§ 540-545).

IV. Laboratory supply stations (§§ 560-563).

V. Clinical laboratory and blood banking services

(§§ 570-581).

VI. Laboratory business practices (§§ 585-588).

6. State aid to cities and counties

Title I. State aid for basic services (§§ 600-607).

II. State aid for additional services (§§ 608-613).

III. State aid; general provisions (§§ 614-621).

6-A. Rape crisis intervention and prevention program (§§

695--695-e).

7. Federal grants-in-aid (§§ 700-703).

8. State health research council (§§ 800-803).

9. Primary care education and training (§§ 900-907).

9-A. New York state small business health insurance partnership

program (§§ 921-922).

9-B. Primary Care Service Corps Practitioner Loan Repayment

Program (§§ 923-924).

11. Public water supplies; sewerage and sewage control

Title I. Potable waters (§§ 1100--1114-b).

II. Realty subdivisions: water supply (§§

1115-1120).

II-A. Water supply emergency plans (§ 1125).

III. Annual water supply statement (§§ 1150-1153).

IV. Drinking water revolving fund (§§ 1160-1169).

13. Nuisances and sanitation

Title I. General provisions: control and abatement (§§

1300-1310).

II. Noxious weeds and growths (§§ 1320-1321).

III. Tenement house sanitation (§ 1325).

IV. Labor camp sanitation (§ 1330).

V. Suppression of certain businesses (§§

1335-1336).

VI. Bathing establishments (§§ 1340-1342).

VII. Hotel sanitation (§§ 1345-1348).

VIII. Food handling (§§ 1350-1356).

IX. Location and disposition of radioactive gold

jewelry (§ 1360).

X. Control of lead poisoning (§§ 1370-1377).

XI. State aid; planning for construction of solid

waste management facilities (§§ 1380-1383).

XII. Toxic substances (§§ 1385-1389).

XII-A. Inactive hazardous waste disposal sites

(§§1389-a--1389-e).

XIII. Storage, treatment and disposal of infectious

waste (§§ 1389-aa--1389-gg).

13-A. State camp safety advisory council (§ 1390).

13-B. Regulation of overnight, summer day, and traveling summer day

camps for children (§§ 1391-1396).

13-D. Regulation of housing; used as accommodations by employees of

certain motels and hotels (§§ 1399-j--1399-m).

13-E. Regulation of smoking and vaping in certain public areas (§§

1399-n--1399-x).

13-F. Regulation of tobacco products and herbal cigarettes;

distribution to minors (§§ 1399-aa--1399-mm-3).

13-G. Tobacco escrow funds (§§ 1399-nn--1399-pp).

13-H. Regulation of sharps (§§ 1399-ss--1399-ww).

14. Regulation of camps for children (§§ 1400-1408).

15. Insect control

Title I. Municipal insect control (§§ 1500-1503).

II. County insect control (§§ 1520-1531).

16. Pesticide control board (§§ 1601-1609).

17. Ingredient disclosures for vapor products and e-cigarettes

(§§ 1700-1702).

20. Reporting of Alzheimer's Disease (§§ 2000--2004-a).

20-a. Alzheimer's Community Assistance Program (§§ 2005-2009).

21. Control of acute communicable diseases

Title I. General provisions (§§ 2100-2112).

II. Control of patients (§§ 2120-2125).

III. Human immunodeficiency virus (§§ 2130-2139).

IV. Rabies (§§ 2140-2146).

V. Typhoid fever (§§ 2150-2153).

VI. Poliomyelitis and Other Diseases (§§

2160-2169).

VII. Hepatitis C (§§ 2170-2171).

8. Novel coronavirus, COVID-19 (§§ 2180-2183).

21-A. Long-term care resident and employee immunization act (§§

2190-2196).

22. Control of tuberculosis

Title I. General provisions (§§ 2200-2207).

II. Control (§§ 2221-2230).

23. Control of sexually transmissible diseases

Title I. Care and treatment (§§ 2300-2312).

II. Houses of prostitution: injunction and

abatement (§§ 2320-2334).

24. Control of malignant diseases

Title I. General provisions (§§ 2400--2404-d).

Title I-A. Cancer Detection and Education Program (§§

2405--2409-a).

Title I-B. Health Research Science Board (§§ 2410-2413).

II. State institute for the study of malignant

diseases (§§ 2420-2423).

24-A. Protection of human subjects (§§ 2440-2446).

24-B. Information program on dioxin (§ 2475).

24-C. Information program on low-level radioactive waste (§ 2485).

24-D. New York state occupational health clinics oversight

committee (§§ 2490--2490-a).

24-E. Information about hysterectomy (§§ 2495--2499-a).

25. Maternal and child health

Title I. General provisions (§§ 2500--2509-c).

I-A. Child health insurance plan (§§ 2510-2511).

1-B. Adolescent pregnancy prevention and services

program (§§ 2515-2515-c).

II. Prenatal care (§§ 2522-2532).

II-A. Early intervention program for infants and

toddlers with disabilities and their families

(§§ 2540--2559-b).

IV. Institutions for children (§§ 2570-2575).

V. Children with physical disabilities (§§

2580-2584).

VI*. Federal child care and adult food program (§§

2585-2589).

* VI. Emergency nutrition aid program for pregnant

women and adolescents (§§ 2590-2592)

* NB Expired March 31, 1986

VI-A. Doulas for medicaid (§§ 2594-a--2594-c).

VII. Youth sports (§ 2595).

VIII. Childhood obesity prevention program (§§

2599-a--2599-d).

25-A. Reproductive health act (§§ 2599-aa--2599-bb).

25-B. Gestational surrogacy (§ 2599-cc).

26. Helen Hayes Hospital (§§ 2600-2602).

26-A. New York state veterans' home (§§ 2630-2635).

27. Bureau of chronic disease and geriatrics (§§ 2700-2702).

27-A. Osteoporosis prevention and education (§§ 2705-2706).

27-AA. New York state kidney disease institute (§§ 2710-2712).

27-B. Treatment of hypertension.

Title I. Mary Lasker Heart and Hypertension Institute

(§§ 2720-2722).

II. Centers for the treatment of hypertension (§§

2723-2724).

27-C. Birth defects institute (§§ 2730-2733).

27-CC. New York state traumatic brain injury program (§§ 2740-2744).

27-CCC. Leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma research, education and

treatment program (§ 2747).

27-D. New York state burns care institute (§§ 2750-2752).

27-DD. State advisory panel on HIV/HBV infected health care workers

(§§ 2760-2761).

27-E. The acquired immune deficiency syndrome institute (§§

2775-2779).

27-F. HIV and AIDS related information (§§ 2780-2787).

27-G. Adult cystic fibrosis assistance program (§ 2795).

27-H*. Diabetes research and education program (§ 2796).

27-H. The Tick-Borne Disease Institute (§§ 2797--2798).

27-K. New York Wellness Works (§§ 2799-o--2799-r).

28. Hospitals (§§ 2800-2830).

28-A. Nursing home companies (§§ 2850-2869).

28-B. Hospital mortgage loan construction (§§ 2870-2883).

28-C. Nurse manpower center (§§ 2890-2892).

28-D. Practice of nursing home administration

Title I. General provisions and public policy (§§

2895--2895-a).

II. Licensing and registration (§§ 2896--2896-h).

III. Violations; penalties (§§ 2897--2897-d).

IV. Construction (§§ 2898--2898-a).

28-E. Review of criminal history information concerning prospective

employees of nursing homes and home care services agencies

(§§ 2899--2899-a).

29. Hospital survey, planning and review (§§ 2901-2907).

29-A. Access to community health care services in rural areas.

Title I. Rural health care access (§§ 2950-2958).

1-A. Rural dentistry pilot program (§ 2958-a).

29-AA. Patient centered medical homes (§ 2959-a).

29-B. Orders not to resuscitate (§§ 2960-2979).

29-C. Health care agents and proxies (§§ 2980-2994).

29-CC. Family health care decisions act (§§ 2994-a--2994-u).

29-CCC. Nonhospital orders not to resuscitate (§§ 2994-aa--2994-gg).

29-CCCC. CARE act (caregiver advise, record and enable act)

(§§ 2994-hh--2994-mm).

29-D. Health information and quality improvement.

Title I. Health information (§§ 2995--2997-f-1).

1-A. Safe patient handling (§§ 2997-g--2997-l).

II. Quality improvement (§§ 2998--2999-a).

3. Pay for performance (§§ 2999-b--2999-f).

4. New York state medical indemnity fund (§§

2999-g--2999-j).

5. New York state hospital quality initiative (§

2999-m).

29-E. Accountable care organizations demonstration program (§§

2999-n--2999-r).

29-EE. Program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (§§

2999-s--2999-y).

29-F. Improved integration of health care and financing (§§

2999-aa--2999-bb).

29-G. Telehealth delivery of services (§§ 2999-cc--2999-ee).

29-I. Medical services for foster children (§ 2999-gg).

29-J. Medical respite program (§ 2999-hh).

29-K. Registration of temporary health care services agencies and

health care technology platforms (§§ 2999-ii--2999-mm).

30. Emergency medical services (§§ 3000-3034).

30-A. Emergency medical services personnel training act of nineteen

hundred eighty-six (§§ 3050-3054).

30-B. Emergency medical, trauma and disaster care (§§ 3060-3066).

30-C. Emergency medical services for children (§§ 3070-3075).

31. Human blood and transfusion services

Title I. General provisions (§ 3100).

II. Regulation of the business of blood donating

(§§ 3120-3122).

III. Blood donors of the age of eighteen years or

over (§§3123-3124).

32. Live pathogenic microorganisms or viruses (§§ 3200-3203).

32-A. Recombinant DNA Experiments (§§ 3220-3223).

33. Controlled substances

Title I. General provisions (§§ 3300-3309-b).

II. Manufacture and distribution of controlled

substances (§§ 3310-3322).

2-A. Opioid stewardship act (§ 3323).

III. Research, instructional activities, and

chemical analysis relating to controlled

substances (§§ 3324-3329).

IV. Dispensing to ultimate users (§§ 3330-3345).

V. Dispensing to addicts and habitual users (§§

3350-3352).

V-A. Medical use of marihuana (§§ 3360--3369-e).

VI. Records and reports (§§ 3370-3374).

VII. Offenses, violations and enforcement (§§

3380-3397).

33-A. Controlled substances therapeutic research act (§§

3397-a--3397-f).

33-B Regulation of cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract (§§

3398--3398-u).

34. Funeral directing

Title I. General provisions (§§ 3400-3404).

II. Licensing and registration (§§ 3420-3429).

III. Practice of funeral directing; funeral

establishments (§§ 3440-3444).

IV. Enforcement and discipline; violations and

penalties (§§ 3450-3457).

35. Practice of x-ray technology

Title I. General provisions and public policy (§§

3500-3501).

II. Licensing and registration (§§ 3502-3509).

III. Violations; penalties (§§ 3510-3514).

IV. Construction (§§ 3515-3518).

35-A. Ultraviolet radiation devices (§§ 3550-3556).

36. Home Care Services (§§ 3600-3622).

36-A. Medical equipment service agencies (§§ 3650-3656).

37. Physician's assistants and specialist's assistants (§§

3700-3703).

37-A. Specialist assistants (§ 3710-3711).

38. Veterans health manpower center (§§ 3800-3803).

39. New York State Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health

(§§ 3900-3908).

40. Hospice (§§ 4000-4015).

41. Vital statistics

Title I. General provisions (§§ 4100-4104).

II. Registration districts: registrars, physicians,

midwives and funeral directors (§§ 4120-4124).

III. Registration of births (§§ 4130--4138-e).

III-A. Filing of certificates of dissolution of

marriage (§ 4139).

IV. Registration of deaths; burial permits (§§

4140-4148).

V. Registration of fetal deaths (§§ 4160-4163).

V-A. Induced viable births.

VI. Registration of persons in institutions (§

4165).

VII. Vital statistics records (§§ 4170-4179).

42. Cadavers

Title I. Disposition (§§ 4200-4203).

II. Autopsy and dissection (§§ 4209-4222).

43. Anatomical gifts (§§ 4300-4310).

43-A. Request for consent to an anatomical gift (§ 4351).

43-B. Organ procurement and donor support

Title 1. Organ, tissue and body parts procurement and

storage (§§ 4360-4369).

2. Living organ donation (§§ 4370-4372).

44. Health maintenance organizations (§§ 4400-4416).

45. Medical referral services (§§ 4500-4503).

45-A. Disclosure of material transactions (§§ 4550-4552).

46. Continuing care retirement communities (§§ 4600-4624).

46-A. Fee-for-service continuing care retirement communities

demonstration program (§§ 4650-4676).

46-B. Assisted living.

Title I. Findings and definitions (§§ 4650*-4651*).

II. Assisted living (§§ 4652*-4653*).

III. Enhanced assisted living certificate (§§

4654*-4655*).

IV. General requirements (§§ 4656*-4663*).

47. Shared health facilities (§§ 4700-4718).

48. Toxic substances (§§ 4800-4808).

49. Utilization review.

Title I. Certification of agents and utilization review

process (§§ 4900-4908).

II. Right to external appeal (§§ 4910-4917).

49-A. Medical debt reporting (§§ 4925-4927).

50. Separability clause; saving clause; construction; laws

repealed; time of taking effect (§§ 5000-5003).