N.Y. Public Health Law 2803-S – Access to product recall information
§ 2803-s. Access to product recall information. The commissioner shall require that every hospital and birth center distribute at the time of pre-booking or admission directly to each maternity patient and, upon request, to the general public an informational leaflet. Such leaflet shall be designed by the commissioner in conjunction with the secretary of state and shall contain information detailing how parents or guardians of infants and children can subscribe to the United States consumer product safety commission's e-mail subscription lists to receive consumer product recall and safety news by e-mail from the United States consumer product safety commission and such other material as deemed appropriate by the commissioner. Such leaflet shall be made available to hospitals and birth centers by the department on its website and shall be provided in English, as well as the top six languages other than English spoken in the state according to the latest available data from the United States Bureau of Census.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 2803-S
- Hospital: means a facility or institution engaged principally in providing services by or under the supervision of a physician or, in the case of a dental clinic or dental dispensary, of a dentist, or, in the case of a midwifery birth center, of a midwife, for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of human disease, pain, injury, deformity or physical condition, including, but not limited to, a general hospital, public health center, diagnostic center, treatment center, a rural emergency hospital under 42 USC 1395x(kkk), or successor provisions, dental clinic, dental dispensary, rehabilitation center other than a facility used solely for vocational rehabilitation, nursing home, tuberculosis hospital, chronic disease hospital, maternity hospital, midwifery birth center, lying-in-asylum, out-patient department, out-patient lodge, dispensary and a laboratory or central service facility serving one or more such institutions, but the term hospital shall not include an institution, sanitarium or other facility engaged principally in providing services for the prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental disability and which is subject to the powers of visitation, examination, inspection and investigation of the department of mental hygiene except for those distinct parts of such a facility which provide hospital service. See N.Y. Public Health Law 2801