{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2183","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 2183","heading":"Immunity passports","body":"§ 2183. Immunity passports. 1. Any covered entity that requires proof\nof COVID-19 immunization shall permit the use of physical immunity\npassports. No covered entity may require digital, electronic, or\nsmartphone-based proof of immunity. Notwithstanding this section, anyone\nrequiring an immunization passport shall accept a valid COVID-19\nVaccination Record Card allocated to COVID-19 vaccine providers by the\nCenters for Disease Control and Prevention for that purpose. The\nprovisions of this section shall apply to valid COVID-19 Vaccination\nRecord Cards allocated to COVID-19 vaccine providers by the Centers for\nDisease Control and Prevention.\n  2. Nothing in this section requires a covered entity to require proof\nof COVID-19 immunity or to independently verify the information\ncontained in an immunity passport.\n  3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit a covered\nentity's obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, article\nfifteen of the executive law, the civil rights law, or any other\nfederal, state, or local anti-discrimination law.\n  4. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the practices\nof a health care provider, as defined in section eighteen of this\nchapter, a hospital or nursing home as defined in article twenty-eight\nof this chapter, a health practitioner as defined in section twenty-one\nhundred sixty-four of this chapter, a facility, as defined in section\n33.13 of the mental hygiene law, or a correctional health service\ngoverned by the department of corrections and community supervision, the\nrules of the board of correction in the city of New York, or a county\nboard of correction, with respect to records concerning their patients'\nvaccinations.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 21. Control of Acute Communicable Diseases","Title 8. Novel Coronavirus, Covid-19"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/2183","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"601d1f6ed0898a6be42b8213f3e5d3db818193e451fc5e1f9382b2b8a939296c","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2182","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-2190"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}