2021 New York Laws
MHY - Mental Hygiene
Title B - Mental Health Act
Article 9 - Hospitalization of Persons With a Mental Illness
9.05 - Examining Physicians and Medical Certificates.
§ 9.05 Examining physicians and medical certificates.(a) A person is disqualified from acting as an examining physician in the following cases: 1. if he is a relative of the person applying for the admission or of the person alleged to be mentally ill. 2. if he is a manager, trustee, visitor, proprietor, officer, director, or stockholder of the hospital in which the patient is hospitalized or to which it is proposed to admit such person, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, or if he has any pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in such hospital, provided that receipt of fees, privileges, or compensation for treating or examining patients in such hospital shall not be deemed to be a pecuniary interest. 3. if he is on the staff of a proprietary facility to which it is proposed to admit such person.
(b) A certificate, as required by this article, must show that the person is mentally ill and shall be based on an examination of the person alleged to be mentally ill made within ten days prior to the date of admission. The date of the certificate shall be the date of such examination. All certificates shall contain the facts and circumstances upon which the judgment of the physicians is based and shall show that the condition of the person examined is such that he needs involuntary care and treatment in a hospital and such other information as the commissioner may by regulation require.
