N.Y. Public Health Law § 2899-q: Reporting

§ 2899-q. Reporting. 1. The commissioner shall annually review a

sample of the records maintained under sections twenty-eight hundred

ninety-nine-j and twenty-eight hundred ninety-nine-p of this article.

The commissioner shall adopt regulations establishing reporting

requirements for physicians taking action under this article to

determine utilization and compliance with this article. The information

collected under this subdivision shall not constitute a public record

available for public inspection and shall be confidential and collected

and maintained in a manner that protects the privacy of the patient, the

patient's family, and any health care provider acting in connection with

such patient under this article, except that such information may be

disclosed to a governmental agency as authorized or required by law

relating to professional discipline, protection of public health or law

enforcement.

2. The commissioner shall prepare a report annually containing

relevant data regarding utilization and compliance with this article and

shall send such report to the legislature, and post such report on the

department's website.