N.Y. Public Health Law § 1393: Permit requirements

§ 1393. Permit requirements. 1. No person, firm, corporation, or

association shall operate a children's overnight, summer day, or

traveling summer day camp without first obtaining a permit from an

officer.

2. An officer shall issue a permit if, after inspection, the

children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp is in

compliance with this chapter and the sanitary code. All permits shall

expire one year from the date of issuance of such permit or upon such

earlier date as specified by such officer which date shall in no event

be earlier than the latest date that such camps may remain open pursuant

to regulations prescribed by the commissioner. Nothing in this section

shall be construed to limit the responsibilities and duties of

compliance arising out of any other provision of law.

3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer in issuing a

permit may waive any requirement of the sanitary code setting a minimum

standard of floor space per camper in a camp's sleeping quarters. Such a

waiver may be granted upon written application therefor, and shall be

accompanied by a statement by the officer of the specific terms and

conditions under which the waiver shall have been granted. Such waivers

may be granted only to camps constructed prior to January first,

nineteen hundred seventy-five. An officer shall grant such waiver where

the application therefor is accompanied by a written certification by

the local health officer of its need or desirability to avoid an

immediate undue hardship upon the operator which may result in the

closing of the children's overnight camp to prospective campers, and a

statement by the local health officer that the granting of a waiver

shall not present a hazard to public health and safety. All such waivers

shall expire on December thirty-first of the year in which they are

granted, but may be renewed for good and sufficient reason.

4. The fee for a permit shall be two hundred dollars, except that no

fee shall be charged in the case of a children's overnight, summer day

or traveling summer day camp operated by a person, firm, corporation or

association for charitable, philanthropic or religious purposes.

5. Any enrollment application forms and/or enrollment contract forms

mailed or delivered to a person for purposes of enrollment of a child

for any children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp

shall contain or be accompanied by a written statement which declares:

(a) that such camp is required to be licensed by the New York state

department of health;

(b) that such camp is required to be inspected twice yearly; and

(c) the address where inspection reports concerning such camp are

filed.