2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 23 - CONTROL OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES
Title 1 - (2304 - 2312) CARE AND TREATMENT
2306 - Sexually transmitted diseases; reports and information, confidential.

 
    §  2306.  Sexually  transmitted  diseases;  reports  and  information,
  confidential. All reports or information secured by a board of health or
  health  officer  under  the  provisions  of  this   article   shall   be
  confidential  except in so far as is necessary to carry out the purposes
  of this article. Such report or information may be  disclosed  by  court
  order in a criminal proceeding in which it is otherwise admissible or in
  a proceeding pursuant to article ten of the family court act in which it
  is  otherwise admissible, to the prosecution and to the defense, or in a
  proceeding pursuant to article ten of the family court act in  which  it
  is  otherwise admissible, to the petitioner, respondent and attorney for
  the child, provided that the subject of the report  or  information  has
  waived  the  confidentiality provided for by this section except insofar
  as is necessary to carry out the purposes of this  article.  Information
  may  be  disclosed  to  third  party  reimbursers or their agents to the
  extent necessary to reimburse health care providers for health services;
  provided that, when necessary, an  otherwise  appropriate  authorization
  for  such  disclosure  has been secured by the provider. A person waives
  the  confidentiality  provided  for  by  this  section  if  such  person
  voluntarily  discloses  or  consents  to  disclosure  of  such report or
  information or a portion thereof. If such person lacks the  capacity  to
  consent to such a waiver, his or her parent, guardian or attorney may so
  consent.  An  order  directing disclosure pursuant to this section shall
  specify that no report or information shall  be  disclosed  pursuant  to
  such  order  which  identifies  or  relates to any person other than the
  subject of the report or information. Reports  and  information  may  be
  used  in  the aggregate in programs approved by the commissioner for the
  improvement of the quality of medical  care  provided  to  persons  with
  sexually  transmitted  diseases;  or  with patient identifiers when used
  within the state or local health department  by  public  health  disease
  programs  to  assess  co-morbidity  or  completeness of reporting and to
  direct program needs, in which case patient  identifiers  shall  not  be
  disclosed  outside  the  state  or  local  health  department  except as
  otherwise provided for in this section.