New York Public Health Law Section 2305 - Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment by licensed physician or staff physi cian of a hospital; prescriptions.

 2305. Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment by licensed physician
  or  staff  physician  of  a hospital; prescriptions. 1. No person, other
  than a licensed physician, or, in a hospital, a staff  physician,  shall
  diagnose,  treat  or  prescribe  for  a  person  who  is infected with a
  sexually transmitted disease, or who has been exposed to infection  with
  a  sexually transmitted disease, or dispense or sell a drug, medicine or
  remedy for the treatment of such person except on prescription of a duly
  licensed physician.
2. A licensed physician, or in a  hospital,  a  staff  physician,  may
  diagnose,  treat  or  prescribe for a person under the age of twenty-one
  years without the consent or knowledge of the  parents  or  guardian  of
  said  person,  where such person is infected with a sexually transmitted
  disease, or has been exposed to infection with  a  sexually  transmitted
  disease.
3.  For the purposes of this section, the term "hospital" shall mean a
  hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter.

Last modified: February 3, 2019