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5002 – Laws Repealed.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 Laws repealed.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acts amendatory thereof and supplemental thereto, constituting the public health law as heretofore in force, are hereby repealed, except as otherwise provided herein.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 […]
4800 – Applicability.
§ 4800. Applicability. It is the purpose of this article to ensure that employees are given information by their employers concerning the nature of toxic substances which they may encounter in the workplace in the course of their employment.
4801 – Definitions.
§ 4801. Definitions. When used in this article: 1. “Workplace” means any location away from the home, permanent or temporary, where any employee performs any work-related duty in the course of his employment. 2. “Toxic substance” means any substance which is listed in the latest printed edition of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and […]
4802 – Powers and Duties of the Commissioner.
§ 4802. Powers and duties of the commissioner. 1. The commissioner or his designated representative from the department shall have the right of entry at reasonable hours into any workplace when the commissioner has reason to believe that employees are being exposed to toxic substances at hazardous levels to conduct such investigations as the commissioner […]