{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2121","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 2121","heading":"Communicable diseases; duty of committed patients; discipline","body":"§ 2121. Communicable diseases; duty of committed patients; discipline.\n1. Every person committed under the provisions of this article shall\nobserve all the rules and regulations of the hospital or institution to\nwhich he is committed.\n  2. Any person so committed who neglects or refuses to obey the rules\nand regulations of the institution may by direction of the chief medical\nofficer of the institution be placed apart from the other patients.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 21. Control of Acute Communicable Diseases","Title 2. Control of Patients"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/2121","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"d5f95c4fc639390e6ac75bd767d2a88f8da8f359f730b4e8bff2160ccf641468","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2120","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2122"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}