N.Y. Public Health Law § 2014: Duties of the commissioner

§ 2014. Duties of the commissioner. The commissioner may promulgate

any regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this article,

including but not limited to:

1. Establishing the form, content, and manner by which providers shall

report Parkinson's disease information into the registry established

under section two thousand twelve of this article;

2. Prescribing the permissible uses for the information made available

under this article; and

3. Establishing procedures to maintain the confidentiality of

information collected by providers and provided to members of the

department pursuant to this article. This shall include a procedure to

ensure that confidential patient information is deidentified prior to

being provided to authorized participants under this article.