N.Y. Public Health Law § 2956: Designation of upgraded diagnostic and treatment centers

§ 2956. Designation of upgraded diagnostic and treatment centers. 1.

A diagnostic and treatment center established pursuant to article

twenty-eight of this chapter, which is a participant in or a member of a

rural health network, may request the commissioner to authorize such

diagnostic and treatment center to provide limited emergency services.

Such diagnostic and treatment center shall be designated an upgraded

diagnostic and treatment center upon the commissioner's approval of such

request.

2. The commissioner shall establish guidelines for the designation of

a diagnostic and treatment center as an upgraded diagnostic and

treatment center pursuant to the provisions of this section. In

establishing such guidelines, the commissioner shall solicit input from

hospitals, diagnostic and treatment centers and physicians.