N.Y. Public Health Law 2805-G – Maintenance of records
§ 2805-g. Maintenance of records. 1. Every hospital shall maintain, as public information available for public inspection under such conditions as the commissioner shall prescribe, records containing copies of all inspection reports pertaining to the facility that have been filed with or issued by any governmental agency. Copies of such inspection reports shall be retained in said records for ten years from the date said reports are filed or issued.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 2805-G
- 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
2. The office of the commissioner and each regional office of the department shall make available for public inspection and at a nominal cost provide copies of all financial and inspection reports of hospitals filed with or issued by the department.
3. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed or deemed to require the public disclosure of confidential medical, social, personal or financial records of any patient. The commissioner shall adopt such regulations as may be necessary to give effect to the provisions of this section and to preserve the confidentiality of medical, social, personal or financial records of patients.