N.Y. Public Health Law Section 264
Provision of information related to coursework and training in nutrition

1.

The department shall develop, maintain, and distribute to licensed physicians in the state a resource library related to continuing medical education courses and training opportunities regarding nutrition, which may include but not be limited to plant-based nutrition, clinically proven methods for the prevention, reversal, and treatment of diet-related illnesses, and informational resources regarding racial disparities in outcomes for diet-related diseases.

2.

The resource library shall be made publicly available on the department’s website, and shall be updated and redistributed no less frequently than every two years via email.

3.

In compiling such resources, the department shall consult with organizations representative of professions, institutions of higher education, and those with expertise in nutrition and the prevention, reversal, and treatment of diet-related illnesses.

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The department shall conduct a follow-up survey three years after the first distribution of the resource library to ascertain what proportion of physicians in the state voluntarily enrolled in nutrition continuing medical education courses and trainings to determine best practices for delivering information about the availability of such courses and trainings. The department shall make a report on the results of such survey available to the public on the department’s website. * NB Effective and Repealed June 1, 2024

Source: Section 264 — Provision of information related to coursework and training in nutrition, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBH/264 (updated Mar. 8, 2024; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).

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