§ 2000. Definition. As used in this article, “facility” shall mean any governmental or private agency, department, institution, clinic, laboratory, hospital, nursing care facility, health maintenance organization, association or other similar entity that provides medical care.
§ 2001. Physicians and facilities; duty to report. An attending physician or a person representing or employed by a facility as defined by the commissioner shall report the existence of Alzheimer’s disease to the department when the physician or other person diagnoses or confirms the presence of that illness.
§ 2002. Contents of report. The report as set forth in section two thousand one of this article shall be designated an Alzheimer’s disease report and shall contain information which the commissioner establishes as necessary to identify, locate and investigate the occurrence, frequency, incidence, cause, effect and prognosis of Alzheimer’s disease, and other relevant data […]
§ 2003. Duties of department. 1. Alzheimer’s disease reports and data shall be maintained by the department in a manner suitable for research purposes, and shall be made available to persons as set forth in subdivision two of this section. 2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, all information collected pursuant to this article shall […]
§ 2004. Duties of commissioner. The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this article, including but not limited to: 1. defining a person representing or employed by a facility and defining a person with a valid scientific interest; 2. establishing the form, content and manner of filing the Alzheimer’s disease […]
§ 2004-a. Coordinating council for services related to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia. 1. There is hereby created in the department of health a coordinating council for services related to Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia, to facilitate interagency planning and policy, review specific agency initiatives for their impact on services related to the care of […]
