N.Y.
Public Health Law Section 4160
Pregnancy loss
- reporting
1.
Pregnancy loss is defined as the loss of a pregnancy at any gestation, as confirmed by a health care provider licensed pursuant to title eight of the education law and acting within such health care provider’s scope of practice, including spontaneous miscarriage, still birth, or any termination of pregnancy which is consistent with the requirements of article 25-A (Reproductive Health Act)article twenty-five-A of this chapter. * 2. A pregnancy loss caused by spontaneous miscarriage or still birth shall be registered within seventy-two hours of the pregnancy loss by electronically filing directly with the department of health, a report of such loss. * NB Effective until March 30, 2027 * 2. A fetal death shall be registered within seventy-two hours after expulsion of such fetus, by filing directly with the commissioner a certificate of such death. In addition, a report of fetal death shall be reprted to the registrar in the district in which the fetal death occured. * NB Effective March 30, 2027 * 3. A pregnancy loss due to an induced termination of pregnancy shall be registered within seventy-two hours of such pregnancy loss if the individual experiencing the pregnancy loss requests such registration to facilitate disposition of the products of conception in accordance with § 4162 (Products of conception)section forty-one hundred sixty-two of this title, by filing directly with the department of health, a report of such loss. Such report shall be limited to the information strictly necessary to facilitate disposition. * NB Effective until March 30, 2027 * 3. A pregnancy loss due to an induced termination of pregnancy shall be registered within seventy-two hours of such pregnancy loss if the individual experiencing the pregnancy loss requests such registration to facilitate disposition of the products of conception in accordance with § 4162 (Products of conception)section forty-one hundred sixty-two of this title, by electronically filing directly with the department of health, a report of such loss. Such report shall be limited to the information strictly necessary to facilitate disposition. * NB Effective March 30, 2027 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the disclosure of information filed pursuant to this section shall be limited to the individual who experienced the pregnancy loss, such individual’s lawful representative and to authorized personnel of the department. Nothing in this section shall prohibit disclosure of deidentified information in compliance with federal reporting requirements.
Source:
Section 4160 — Pregnancy loss; reporting, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PBH/4160 (updated May 16, 2025; accessed May 24, 2025).
