2010 New York Code
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (2800 - 2822) HOSPITALS
2803-R - Dissemination of information about the abandoned infant protection act.

§  2803-r.  Dissemination  of  information  about the abandoned infant
  protection act. 1. All hospitals and clinics shall notify their prenatal
  care and obstetric patients of the provisions of  the  abandoned  infant
  protection  act,  using materials provided by the office of children and
  family services, pursuant to section three hundred seventy-two-a of  the
  social  services  law.  The  department  shall  develop  agreements with
  societies and organizations of medical  practitioners  under  which  the
  department  or  the office of children and family services shall provide
  materials  to  such  societies  to  provide  appropriate  education  and
  outreach concerning the abandoned infant protection act to their members
  and   the   public.   Criminal   penalties  for  violation  pursuant  to
  subdivisions one and two of section twelve-b of this chapter  shall  not
  apply to this section.
    2.  The  commissioner, in consultation with the office of children and
  family  services,  shall  adopt  rules  and  regulations  necessary   to
  implement this section.

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