2006 New York Code - Reports

 
    § 2896-h. Reports. 1. Every administrator of a nursing home shall:
    (a)  post in a sufficient number of prominent positions in the nursing
  home so as to be accessible to all residents and to the general  public,
  a  concise  summary  of  the  last  inspection  report pertaining to the
  nursing home and issued by the department, with references to  the  page
  numbers  of  the  full  reports,  noting  any deficiencies found by said
  governmental agency or department and the actions taken by  the  nursing
  home  to  rectify  such  deficiencies,  and indicating in such summaries
  where the full reports may be inspected in said nursing home;
    (b) provide to each applicant and, upon request, to each  resident  of
  such  nursing  home,  or  any  relative,  spouse, guardian, committee or
  conservator of such applicant or resident, a copy of the last inspection
  report pertaining to the nursing home and issued by the department.
    2. The license or registration of a  nursing  home  administrator  who
  violates  any  of  the  provisions  of  this section shall be subject to
  suspension or revocation and  the  nursing  home  administrator  may  be
  subject  to  a  civil penalty in proceedings held in accordance with the
  provisions  of  section  twenty-eight  hundred  ninety-seven-a  of  this
  article.
    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.