5001 – Saving Clause; Construction.
§ 5001. Saving clause; construction. 1. Nothing contained in this act shall affect or impair any act done or right accruing, accrued or acquired, or any penalty, forfeiture or punishment incurred prior to the time when this act shall take effect, under or by virtue of the provision or provisions of the public health law, […]
5002 – Laws Repealed.
§ 5002. Laws repealed. Chapter forty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred nine, entitled “An act in relation to the public health, constituting chapter forty-five of the consolidated laws, ” and all acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, constituting the public health law as heretofore in force, are hereby repealed, except as otherwise provided herein.
5003 – Time of Taking Effect.
§ 5003. Time of taking effect. This act shall take effect June first, nineteen hundred fifty-four.
4910 – Right to External Appeal Established.
§ 4910. Right to external appeal established. 1. There is hereby established an enrollee’s right to an external appeal of a final adverse determination by a health care plan. 2. An enrollee, the enrollee’s designee and, in connection with concurrent and retrospective adverse determinations, an enrollee’s health care provider, shall have the right to request […]
4911 – Powers of the Commissioner.
§ 4911. Powers of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner shall have the power to grant and revoke certifications of external appeal agents to conduct external appeals requested pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) of subdivision two of section forty-nine hundred ten of this title or pursuant to both such paragraphs. 2. If, after reviewing […]
5000 – Separability Clause.
§ 5000. Separability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part thereof directly […]
4900 – Definitions.
§ 4900. Definitions. For purposes of this article: 1. “Adverse determination” means a determination by a utilization review agent that an admission, extension of stay, or other health care service, upon review based on the information provided, is not medically necessary. * 2. “Clinical peer reviewer” means: (a) for purposes of title one of this […]
4803 – Records and Reports.
§ 4803. Records and reports. 1. Upon request by the commissioner, employers shall provide to the commissioner copies of employee health and exposure records maintained and supplied to the federal government by employers as mandated under the following federal statutes and regulations except as access by third parties may be limited therein: (a) Toxic Substances […]
4804 – Outreach Programs.
§ 4804. Outreach programs. 1. The department may develop and implement outreach programs to inform employees of their right to information regarding the toxic effects and circumstances under which these effects are produced by toxic substances found in the course of employment. 2. The department is authorized and empowered to enter into contractual agreements with […]
4805 – Trade Secrets.
§ 4805. Trade secrets. 1. When a manufacturer, producer, formulator or employer considers the identity of or other information concerning a toxic chemical substance to be a protectable trade secret whose disclosure would compromise his competitive advantage, he may register this information as secret with the commissioner provided that such information is already registered as […]