2144 – Rabies; County Responsibility.
§ 2144. Rabies; county responsibility. Each county health authority is required to develop a rabies control protocol that identifies and coordinates all activities within the county to accomplish a comprehensive rabies response. The county health authority shall have responsibility for the implementation of the protocol, including the coordination of the response to rabies issues by […]
2145 – Rabies; Services and Expenses of Suppression.
§ 2145. Rabies; services and expenses of suppression. 1. The county health authority is responsible for the services and expenses necessary for the suppression of human rabies. Suppression of human rabies shall include, but not be limited to: (a) availability at all times for prompt investigation of reports of possible exposures to rabies of people, […]
2146 – City of New York; Exceptions.
§ 2146. City of New York; exceptions. The provisions of sections two thousand one hundred forty through two thousand one hundred forty-five of this title, inclusive, shall not apply to the city of New York.
2150 – Typhoid Fever; Carriers; Care and Maintenance, in Institutions.
§ 2150. Typhoid fever; carriers; care and maintenance, in institutions. Whenever any person is declared by the commissioner to be a carrier of typhoid fever bacilli and whenever, for the protection of the public health, the commissioner certifies to the necessity of continued isolation; or, whenever, the sanitary code prohibits a carrier of typhoid fever […]
2133 – Contact Tracing of Cases of Aids, HIV Related Illness or HIV Infection.
§ 2133. Contact tracing of cases of AIDS, HIV related illness or HIV infection. 1. Every municipal health commissioner or the department’s district health officer, upon determination that such reported case or, any other known case of HIV infection merits contact tracing in order to protect the public health, shall personally or through their qualified […]
2134 – Disclosure of Medical Information.
§ 2134. Disclosure of medical information. Disclosure of medical information obtained in accordance with this title, including a diagnosis of HIV infection, may be made only to (a) the protected individual, (b) the municipal health commissioner or district health officer if such commissioner or officer is not the examining physician, and (c) without specifically revealing […]
2135 – Confidentiality.
§ 2135. Confidentiality. All reports or information secured by the department, municipal health commissioner or district health officer under the provisions of this title shall be confidential except: (a) in so far as is necessary to carry out the provisions of this title; (b) when used in the aggregate, without patient specific identifying information, in […]
2136 – Liability.
§ 2136. Liability. 1. Good faith reporting or disclosure pursuant to this title shall not constitute libel or slander or a violation of the right of privacy or privileged communication. 2. Any person who in good faith complies with this title shall be immune from civil and criminal liability for any action taken in compliance […]
2137 – Domestic Violence Recognition.
§ 2137. Domestic violence recognition. The department shall, in consultation with the office for the prevention of domestic violence and statewide organizations and community based organizations, develop a protocol for the identification and screening of victims of domestic violence who may either be a protected individual or a contact as used in this title.
2138 – Anonymous Testing.
§ 2138. Anonymous testing. Nothing in this article shall be interpreted to eliminate the anonymous testing option provided for in section twenty seven hundred eighty-one of this chapter.