2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 24-E - (2495 - 2499-A) INFORMATION ABOUT HYSTERECTOMY
2495 - Legislative findings and intent.

 
    §  2495.  Legislative  findings and intent. Hysterectomy is one of the
  most common major surgical  procedures  performed  on  women  and  is  a
  commonly recommended treatment for some gynecological disorders, such as
  uterine  leiomyofibroma,  endometriosis,  disorders of menstruation, and
  uterine neoplasms.  Some disorders, depending on the patient's diagnosis
  and situation, may be managed with alternative treatments. In an  effort
  to promote patients' involvement in health care decisions and to promote
  informed   consultation  with  their  physician  or  other  health  care
  practitioner, the department of health shall make available  information
  which  describes  the medical diagnoses that are commonly treated with a
  hysterectomy,  the  various  hysterectomy  procedures,   and   treatment
  alternatives to the diagnoses commonly treated with hysterectomy.