New York Executive Law Article 20 - PROTECTION OF PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

• 550 - Definitions.
  As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Executive director" shall mean the executive director of the justice center...
• 551 - The Justice Center for the Protection of People With Special Needs.
  551. The justice center for the protection of people with special needs. 1. There is hereby created within the executive department a justice center for...
• 552 - Organization of the Justice Center.
  1. The justice center shall house the vulnerable persons' central register created in section four hundred ninety-two of the social services law and shall perform...
• 553 - Powers and Duties of the Justice Center.
  The justice center shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To create and establish the statewide vulnerable persons' central register, as set forth in...
• 554 - Codes of Conduct.
  1. The justice center shall adopt and amend, as appropriate, codes of conduct for all custodians as defined in subdivision two of section four hundred...
• 555 - Justice Center Medical Review Board; Organization.
  (a) There shall be within the justice center a medical review board. The board shall be composed of up to fifteen members, including specialists in...
• 556 - Functions, Powers and Duties of the Board.
  The justice center medical review board shall have the following functions, powers and duties: (a) make a preliminary determination whether the death of a patient...
• 557 - Reports to the Justice Center.
  Every director or other person in charge of a residential facility within the meaning of subdivision four of section four hundred eighty-eight of the social...
• 558 - Access to Records and Facilities.
  (a) The justice center must be granted access at any and all times to any facility or provider agency as defined in subdivision four of...
• 559 - New York State Interagency Coordinating Council for Services to Persons Who are Deaf, Deaf-Blind, or Hard of Hearing.
  559. New York State interagency coordinating council for services to persons who are deaf, deaf-blind, or hard of hearing. 1. Subject to an appropriation, the...
• 560 - Annual Report.
  The justice center shall make an annual report to the governor and legislature concerning its work during the preceding year. Such report shall be posted...
• 561 - Advisory Council.
  1. There shall be within the justice center an advisory council consisting of no less than fifteen members to be appointed by the governor, with...
• 562 - Abuse and Neglect Notification.
  1. Upon receiving a request for criminal history information, pursuant to section eight hundred forty-five-b of this chapter, for a prospective employee or volunteer of...

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