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2020 New York Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 24-B - Information Program on Dioxin
2475 - Special Policies With Respect to Dioxin Exposure.

Universal Citation: NY Pub Health L § 2475 (2020)
§  2475.  Special policies with respect to dioxin exposure. 1. For the
purpose  of  identifying  persons  who  were  exposed  to  an  herbicide
containing  dioxin  and  for the purpose of compiling data on the health
effects of this exposure, the commissioner of health shall:
  (a) establish, promote and maintain a public  information  program  on
dioxin. Such program shall include, but may not be limited to, an effort
to  contact Vietnam era veterans and employees of the public and private
sectors within the state who were exposed  to  an  herbicide  containing
dioxin;
  (b)  initiate  an  epidemiological  study  of  the  health  effects of
exposure to herbicides containing dioxin;
  (c) maintain a central data bank within the department for information
collected on the health effects  of  exposure  to  dioxin  and  for  the
cataloguing  of existing scientific and medical literature on the health
effects of this exposure; and
  (d) initiate education for health  professionals  to  assist  them  in
understanding  the  potential  risks and state-of-the-art knowledge with
regard to detection,  diagnosis  and  treatment  of  acute  and  chronic
symptoms associated with dioxin exposure.
  2. The commissioner may request and shall receive from any department,
division,  board,  bureau,  commission  or agency of the state or of any
political subdivision thereof such assistance and data  as  will  enable
him  to  properly  carry out his activities hereunder and effectuate the
purposes herein set forth. The commissioner  may  also  enter  into  any
contract  for  services  as  he deems necessary with a private agency or
concern  upon  said  terms  and  conditions  as  he  deems  appropriate.
Information   concerning  patient  and  medical  data  provided  to  the
commissioner pursuant to this subdivision  shall  be  kept  confidential
according  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph  (j) of subdivision one of
section two hundred six of this chapter.
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