N.Y. Public Health Law § 2994: Rights to be publicized

§ 2994. Rights to be publicized. The commissioner of health shall

prepare a statement summarizing the rights, duties and requirements of

this article and shall require that a copy of such statement:

1. Be furnished to patients or their families at or prior to the time

of admission to a hospital, and to each member of the hospital's staff;

and

2. Be posted in a public place in each hospital.

The statement of rights required by this section may be included in

any other statement of patients' rights required by other provisions of

this chapter.