N.Y. Public Health Law § 2957: Designation of primary care hospitals

§ 2957. Designation of primary care hospitals. 1. A general hospital

established pursuant to article twenty-eight of this chapter may request

the commissioner to exempt such hospital from particular services or to

authorize such hospital to offer additional special services. Such

hospital shall be designated a primary care hospital upon the

commissioner's approval of such request; provided, however, that nothing

herein contained shall be construed to restrict such hospital from

offering primary, specialty or acute inpatient services for which it is

able to provide appropriate technical and human resources, to respond to

community need, or to assure quality in the delivery of services.

2. The commissioner shall establish guidelines for the designation of

a general hospital as a primary care hospital pursuant to the provisions

of this section. In establishing such guidelines, the commissioner

shall solicit input from hospitals and physicians.