N.Y. Public Health Law § 2803-r: Dissemination of information about the abandoned infant protection act

§ 2803-r. Dissemination of information about the abandoned infant

protection act. 1. All hospitals and clinics shall notify their prenatal

care and obstetric patients of the provisions of the abandoned infant

protection act, using materials provided by the office of children and

family services. The department shall develop agreements with societies

and organizations of medical practitioners under which the department or

the office of children and family services shall provide materials to

such societies to provide appropriate education and outreach concerning

the abandoned infant protection act to their members and the public.

Criminal penalties for violation pursuant to subdivisions one and two of

section twelve-b of this chapter shall not apply to this section.

2. The commissioner, in consultation with the office of children and

family services, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to

implement this section.