§ 2997-g. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest for health care facilities to implement safe patient handling policies. There are many benefits that can be derived from safe patient handling programs. Patients benefit through improved quality of care and quality of life by reducing the risk […]
§ 2997-h. Definitions. For the purposes of this title: 1. “Health care facility” shall mean general hospitals, residential health care facilities, diagnostic and treatment centers, and clinics licensed pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter, facilities which provide health care services and are licensed or operated pursuant to article eight of the education law, article […]
§ 2997-i. Safe patient handling workgroup. 1. The commissioner shall establish a safe patient handling workgroup (referred to in this section as the “workgroup”) within the department. The workgroup shall consist of, at the minimum, the commissioner or his or her designee; the commissioner of labor or his or her designee; representatives of health care […]
§ 2997-j. Dissemination of best practices, examples of sample safe patient handling policies and other resources and tools. The commissioner shall disseminate best practices, examples of sample safe patient handling policies, and other resources and tools to health care facilities, taking into consideration the recommendations of the safe patient handling workgroup. Such best practices, examples […]
§ 2997-k. Safe patient handling committees; programs. 1. On or before January first, two thousand sixteen, each health care facility shall establish a safe patient handling committee (referred to in this section as a “committee” except where the context clearly requires otherwise) either by creating a new committee or assigning the functions of a safe […]
§ 2997-l. Activities. The activities enumerated in section twenty-nine hundred ninety-seven-k of this title shall be undertaken consistent with section twenty-eight hundred five-j of this chapter by a covered health care provider and shall be deemed activities of such program as described in such section and any and all information attributable to such activities shall […]
