Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 1394-A

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Summer day camp: shall mean a property consisting of a tract of land and any tents, vehicles, buildings or other structures that may be pertinent to its use, any part of which may be occupied on a scheduled basis at any time between June first and September fifteenth in any year by children under sixteen years of age under general supervision, for the purpose of indoor or outdoor organized group activities, involving nonpassive recreational activities with significant risk of injury, as such activities are defined by the department in rules and regulations, for a period of less than twenty-four hours on any day the property is so occupied, and on which no provisions are made for overnight occupancy by such children. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1392

Every person, firm, limited liability company, association and corporation which operates a summer day camp shall be required, to ascertain whether an employee or volunteer is listed on the state sex offender registry pursuant to article six-C of the correction law and the national sex offender registry using the national crime information center, established under the Adam Walsh child protection and safety act of 2006 ( 42 U.S.C. 16901 et seq.) prior to the day such employee or volunteer commences work at said camp and annually thereafter prior to their arrival at said camp.