N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-h: Health related facility; pet therapy programs

§ 2803-h. Health related facility; pet therapy programs.

Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, rule or regulation to

the contrary, and subject to the approval of the commissioner, every

residential health care facility, as defined in section twenty-eight

hundred one of this article, may, at the discretion of such facility,

board animals in such facility where such boarding would, in the

determination of the commissioner and such facility, tend to promote the

general well-being of the residents of such facility. The commissioner

shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions

of this section.