238-C – Provider Reporting Requirements.
§ 238-c. Provider reporting requirements. Each health care provider providing clinical laboratory, pharmacy services, radiation therapy services, physical therapy services or x-ray or imaging services shall report to the commissioner in writing every two years information concerning the provider’s ownership arrangements, including the health or health related items or services provided by the provider and […]
238-D – Practitioner Disclosure Requirements.
§ 238-d. Practitioner disclosure requirements. 1. With respect to referrals not prohibited pursuant to this title, and except as provided in subdivision three of this section, a practitioner may not make a referral to a health care provider for the furnishing of any health or health related items or services where such practitioner or immediate […]
238-E – Study of Referrals by Practitioners.
§ 238-e. Study of referrals by practitioners. 1. The commissioner may conduct a study of the ownership of or financial interests in health care providers by referring practitioners. Such study shall investigate: (a) the types of such ownership arrangements and types of services offered under such arrangements; (b) the effect of such arrangements on the […]
239 – Course Work or Training in Infection Control Practices.
§ 239. Course work or training in infection control practices. (a) Every physician, physician assistant and specialist assistant practicing in the state shall, on or before July first, nineteen hundred ninety-four and every four years thereafter, complete course work or training, appropriate to the professional’s practice, approved by the department regarding infection control, which shall […]
239-A – Infection Control Guidelines.
§ 239-a. Infection control guidelines. The commissioner shall develop evidence-based guidelines that identify key infection control practices in inpatient and outpatient medical care settings. Such guidelines shall specifically cover safe injection practices. On or before January first, two thousand nine, and every year thereafter, the department will distribute these guidelines to physicians, specialist assistants and […]
239-B – Study on Multidose Vials and Disposable Medical Equipment.
§ 239-b. Study on multidose vials and disposable medical equipment. The department shall conduct a study on medications packaged in multidose vials and disposable medical equipment, including but not limited to syringes, needles, stopcocks and tubing. Such study shall examine: 1. existing utilization patterns of multidose vials and disposable medical equipment; 2. the potential to […]
240*2 – Definitions.
* § 240. Definitions. For the purposes of this article: 1. “Underserved populations” shall mean those who have experienced injustices and disadvantages as a result of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability status, age, immigration status, and/or socioeconomic status, among others as determined by the commissioner of health. 2. “Racially and […]
237 – Preparation and Distribution of Reports.
§ 237. Preparation and distribution of reports. The department shall submit a biennial report to the governor and the legislature describing the activities of the office and health status of rural areas. The first such report shall be transmitted on or before September first, nineteen hundred ninety-three. Such report shall contain the following information: 1. […]
230-E – Unauthorized Pelvic Examinations.
§ 230-e. Unauthorized pelvic examinations. For the purposes of this title, professional misconduct shall include pelvic examinations or supervising the performance of a pelvic examination in violation of subdivision seven of section twenty-five hundred four of this chapter.
231 – New York State Health Service Corps.
* § 231. New York state health service corps. 1. The commissioner shall establish within the department the New York state health service corps (hereinafter “corps”). The commissioner shall have central responsibility for administering the provisions of this title with respect to increasing the availability of health services in certain eligible facilities and institutions. 2. […]