N.Y. Public Health Law § 2024: Duties of the commissioner

§ 2024. 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 ALS and MND information into the registry established under

section two thousand twenty-two of this article;

2. Prescribing the permissible uses for the information made available

under this article; and

3. Establishing procedures to maintain 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.