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2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 28 - (2800 - 2823) HOSPITALS
2803-R - Dissemination of information about the abandoned infant protection act.


NY Pub Health L § 2803-R (2012) What's This?
 
    §  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. 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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