2012 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 30-C - (3070 - 3075) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN
3071 - Declaration of purpose.

 
    §  3071. Declaration of purpose. Sudden illness and injury in children
  within the state of New York are responsible for  five  percent  of  all
  ambulance  calls  in children under ten years of age, ten percent of all
  ambulance calls in children under eighteen  years  of  age,  twenty-five
  percent of emergency department visits in urban areas, and forty percent
  of  emergency  department visits in rural areas. More than fifty percent
  of all such emergencies are caused by traumatic  injuries,  which  alone
  are  responsible  for  more than half of all childhood deaths within the
  state of New York regardless of  cause.  The  provision  of  timely  and
  effective  emergency  medical services for children, including pediatric
  emergency medical, trauma,  and  disaster  care,  are  therefore  public
  health  priorities of the highest order. It is the purpose and intent of
  this article to ensure that such services are immediately  available  to
  all children within the state of New York.