N.Y. Public Health Law § 4160: Pregnancy loss; reporting

§ 4160. Pregnancy loss; reporting. 1. Pregnancy loss is defined as the

loss of a pregnancy at any gestation, as confirmed by a health care

provider licensed pursuant to title eight of the education law and

acting within such health care provider's scope of practice, including

spontaneous miscarriage, still birth, or any termination of pregnancy

which is consistent with the requirements of article twenty-five-A of

this chapter.

2. A pregnancy loss caused by spontaneous miscarriage or still birth

shall be registered within seventy-two hours of the pregnancy loss by

electronically filing directly with the department of health, a report

of such loss.

* 3. A pregnancy loss due to an induced termination of pregnancy shall

be registered within seventy-two hours of such pregnancy loss if the

individual experiencing the pregnancy loss requests such registration to

facilitate disposition of the products of conception in accordance with

section forty-one hundred sixty-two of this title, by filing directly

with the department of health, a report of such loss. Such report shall

be limited to the information strictly necessary to facilitate

disposition.

* NB Effective until March 30, 2027

* 3. A pregnancy loss due to an induced termination of pregnancy shall

be registered within seventy-two hours of such pregnancy loss if the

individual experiencing the pregnancy loss requests such registration to

facilitate disposition of the products of conception in accordance with

section forty-one hundred sixty-two of this title, by electronically

filing directly with the department of health, a report of such loss.

Such report shall be limited to the information strictly necessary to

facilitate disposition.

* NB Effective March 30, 2027

4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the disclosure

of information filed pursuant to this section shall be limited to the

individual who experienced the pregnancy loss, such individual's lawful

representative and to authorized personnel of the department. Nothing in

this section shall prohibit disclosure of deidentified information in

compliance with federal reporting requirements.