N.Y. Public Health Law § 230-a*2: Infection control standards

* § 230-a. Infection control standards. Notwithstanding any law to the

contrary, including section sixty-five hundred thirty-two of the

education law, the department shall promulgate rules or regulations

describing scientifically accepted barrier precautions and infection

control practices as standards of professional medical conduct for

persons licensed under articles one hundred thirty-one and one hundred

thirty-one-B of the education law. The department shall consult with the

education department to ensure that regulatory standards for

scientifically acceptable barrier precautions and infection prevention

techniques promulgated pursuant to this section are consistent, as far

as appropriate with such standards adopted by the education department

applicable to persons licensed under the education law other than

articles one hundred thirty-one and one hundred thirty-one-B of such

law.

* NB There are 2 § 230-a's