2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 29-C - (2980 - 2994) HEALTH CARE AGENTS AND PROXIES
2994 - Rights to be publicized.

 
    §  2994.  Rights  to  be  publicized. The commissioner of health shall
  prepare a statement summarizing the rights, duties and  requirements  of
  this article and shall require that a copy of such statement:
    1.  Be furnished to patients or their families at or prior to the time
  of admission to a hospital, and to each member of the hospital's  staff;
  and
    2. Be posted in a public place in each hospital.
    The  statement  of  rights required by this section may be included in
  any other statement of patients' rights required by other provisions  of
  this chapter.