N.Y. Public Health Law Section 2994
Rights to be publicized

The commissioner of health shall prepare a statement summarizing the rights, duties and requirements of this article and shall require that a copy of such statement:

1.

Be furnished to patients or their families at or prior to the time of admission to a hospital, and to each member of the hospital’s staff; and

2.

Be posted in a public place in each hospital. The statement of rights required by this section may be included in any other statement of patients’ rights required by other provisions of this chapter.

Source: Section 2994 — Rights to be publicized, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBH/2994 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Feb. 28, 2026).

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