2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (2800 - 2823) HOSPITALS
2803-H - Health related facility; pet therapy programs.

 
    §   2803-h.   Health   related   facility;   pet   therapy   programs.
  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, rule or regulation to
  the contrary, and subject to the approval  of  the  commissioner,  every
  residential  health  care  facility,  as defined in section twenty-eight
  hundred one of this article, may, at the discretion  of  such  facility,
  board  animals  in  such  facility  where  such  boarding  would, in the
  determination of the commissioner and such facility, tend to promote the
  general well-being of the residents of such facility.  The  commissioner
  shall  adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions
  of this section.