2412 – Agency Implementation.
§ 2412. Agency implementation. All state agencies, including, but not limited to, the departments of agriculture and markets, environmental conservation, and health, shall review their programs and operations (pursuant to guidelines established by the board) to determine whether they currently collect data which may be of use to researchers engaged in breast, prostate or testicular […]
2413 – Biennial Report.
§ 2413. Biennial report. The commissioner shall submit a report on or before January first commencing in nineteen hundred ninety-nine, and biennially thereafter, to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly concerning the operation of the health research science board. Such report shall include recommendations from the health […]
2420 – Cancer Institute; Continued.
§ 2420. Cancer institute; continued. The state institute for the study of malignant diseases, known as the Roswell Park Cancer Institute, is hereby continued under the management and control of the department.
2421 – Cancer Institute; Functions; Powers and Duties.
§ 2421. Cancer institute; functions; powers and duties. 1. The state institute for the study of malignant diseases, shall conduct investigations of the cause, mortality, treatment, prevention and cure of cancer and allied diseases. 2. Persons afflicted with cancer or allied diseases, may be received free of charge in the said state institute for study, […]
2422 – Cancer Institute; Commissioner’s Duty to Publish Reports.
§ 2422. Cancer institute; commissioner’s duty to publish reports. The commissioner shall publish from time to time the result of the investigations by the state institute for the study of malignant diseases for the benefit of humanity, and from time to time, he shall collate its publications in a scientific report for distribution to scientific […]
2423 – Cancer Institute; Administration of Gifts and Trusts.
§ 2423. Cancer institute; administration of gifts and trusts. The commissioner, as the successor of the board of trustees of the state institute for the study of malignant diseases, shall execute and administer any gifts, transfer or trust heretofore made to or for the benefit of such institute and may receive gifts, legacies and bequests, […]
2406-A – Grants to Community-Based Organizations.
§ 2406-a. Grants to community-based organizations. 1. The commissioner shall make grants within any such amount as may be appropriated specifically for community-based organizations for the provision of counseling, education and outreach programs for persons diagnosed with breast cancer. 2. For the purposes of this section, “community-based organizations” shall mean grass roots, free-standing organizations in […]
2408 – Annual Report.
§ 2408. Annual report. The commissioner shall submit on or before December first, an annual report to the governor and the legislature concerning the operation of the breast and cervical cancer detection and education program. Commencing in nineteen hundred ninety-five, such reports shall include the experience of the program in providing cervical cancer early detection […]
2409 – Ovarian Cancer Information Program.
§ 2409. Ovarian cancer information program. 1. There is hereby created within the department the ovarian cancer information program (referred to in this section as the “program”), which shall provide information for consumers, patients, and health care providers relating to ovarian cancer, including signs and symptoms, risk factors, the benefits of early detection through appropriate […]
2410 – Health Research Science Board.
§ 2410. Health research science board. 1. There is hereby established in the department the health research science board. The board shall be comprised of seventeen voting members, three non-voting regional members and three non-voting ex-officio members as follows: (a) twelve voting members shall be scientists each of whom shall have either an M.D., D.O., […]