N.Y. Social Services Law § 383-b: Medical treatment for abused, neglected and destitute children; consent of commissioners

§ 383-b. Medical treatment for abused, neglected and destitute

children; consent of commissioners. The local commissioner of social

services or the local commissioner of health may give effective consent

for medical, dental, health and hospital services for any child who has

been found by the family court to be an abused, neglected or destitute

child, or who has been taken into or kept in protective custody or

removed from the place where he or she is residing, or who has been

placed in the custody of such commissioner, pursuant to section four

hundred seventeen of this article or section one thousand twenty-two,

section one thousand twenty-four, section one thousand twenty-seven,

section one thousand ninety-four or section one thousand ninety-five of

the family court act.