N.Y. Public Health Law § 2496: Written summary regarding hysterectomy

§ 2496. Written summary regarding hysterectomy. The commissioner, in

consultation with the medical society of the state of New York,

consumers and others knowledgeable on the topic of hysterectomy shall

develop a standardized written summary which shall explain:

1. the common diagnoses for which hysterectomy is a common treatment

including but not limited to uterine leiomyofibroma, endometriosis,

disorders of menstruation, premalignant or malignant changes in uterus

or cervix and salpingo-oophoritis;

2. alternative treatments to hysterectomy for such diagnoses, in

accordance with accepted medical practices;

3. the types of hysterectomy including radical, subtotal abdominal,

total abdominal and vaginal;

4. the common physiological changes, side effects, risks and benefits

which result after each type of hysterectomy or alternative is

performed;

5. that the hysterectomy is irreversible, results in infertility and

the end of menstruation; and

6. an oophorectomy, a treatment often associated with hysterectomy,

including unilateral, bilateral and salpingo-oophorectomy.