N.Y. Public Health Law § 2191: Definitions

§ 2191. Definitions. For the purposes of this article:

1. "Long-term care facility" or "facility" means a residential health

care facility as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of this

chapter, adult home as defined in subdivision twenty-five of section two

of the social services law or enriched housing program as defined in

subdivision twenty-eight of section two of the social services law,

adult day health care program in accordance with regulations of the

department, and any other facility providing residential housing for

five or more persons over the age of sixty-five unrelated to the

operator and supportive services including, but not limited to, food

service, housekeeping, laundry, arranging for medical care, and

assistance with daily living.

2. "Documentation" means written evidence from an individual's health

care provider indicating the date and place when the individual received

the influenza vaccine or the pneumococcal vaccine.

3. "Medically contraindicated" means influenza or pneumococcal vaccine

should not be administered to an individual because it may be

detrimental to the individual's health if the individual receives the

vaccine.

4. "Employee" means an individual employed (whether directly, by

contract with another entity or as an independent contractor) by a

long-term care facility, on a part-time or full-time basis.