2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 24-E - (2495 - 2499-A) INFORMATION ABOUT HYSTERECTOMY
2496 - Written summary regarding hysterectomy.

 
    §  2496. Written summary regarding hysterectomy.  The commissioner, in
  consultation with  the  medical  society  of  the  state  of  New  York,
  consumers  and  others  knowledgeable on the topic of hysterectomy shall
  develop a standardized written summary which shall explain:
    1. the common diagnoses for which hysterectomy is a  common  treatment
  including  but  not  limited  to  uterine leiomyofibroma, endometriosis,
  disorders of menstruation, premalignant or malignant changes  in  uterus
  or cervix and salpingo-oophoritis;
    2.  alternative  treatments  to  hysterectomy  for  such diagnoses, in
  accordance with accepted medical practices;
    3. the types of hysterectomy including  radical,  subtotal  abdominal,
  total abdominal and vaginal;
    4.  the common physiological changes, side effects, risks and benefits
  which  result  after  each  type  of  hysterectomy  or  alternative   is
  performed;
    5.  that  the hysterectomy is irreversible, results in infertility and
  the end of menstruation; and
    6. an oophorectomy, a treatment often  associated  with  hysterectomy,
  including unilateral, bilateral and salpingo-oophorectomy.