2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 21-A - (2190 - 2196) LONG-TERM CARE RESIDENT AND EMPLOYEE IMMUNIZATION ACT
2191 - Definitions.

 
    § 2191. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:
    1.  "Long-term care facility" or "facility" means a residential health
  care facility as defined in section twenty-eight  hundred  one  of  this
  chapter, adult home as defined in subdivision twenty-five of section two
  of  the  social  services  law or enriched housing program as defined in
  subdivision twenty-eight of section two  of  the  social  services  law,
  adult  day  health  care  program  in accordance with regulations of the
  department, and any other facility  providing  residential  housing  for
  five  or  more  persons  over  the  age  of  sixty-five unrelated to the
  operator and supportive services including, but  not  limited  to,  food
  service,   housekeeping,   laundry,  arranging  for  medical  care,  and
  assistance with daily living.
    2. "Documentation" means written evidence from an individual's  health
  care provider indicating the date and place when the individual received
  the influenza vaccine or the pneumococcal vaccine.
    3. "Medically contraindicated" means influenza or pneumococcal vaccine
  should   not  be  administered  to  an  individual  because  it  may  be
  detrimental to the individual's health if the  individual  receives  the
  vaccine.
    4.  "Employee"  means  an  individual  employed  (whether directly, by
  contract with another entity or  as  an  independent  contractor)  by  a
  long-term care facility, on a part-time or full-time basis.