New York Public Health Law Article 24-E - INFORMATION ABOUT HYSTERECTOMY

• 2495 - Legislative Findings and Intent.
  Hysterectomy is one of the most common major surgical procedures performed on women and is a commonly recommended treatment for some gynecological disorders, such as...
• 2496 - Written Summary Regarding Hysterectomy.
  The commissioner, in consultation with the medical society of the state of New York, consumers and others knowledgeable on the topic of hysterectomy shall develop...
• 2497 - Availability of Written Summary.
  The commissioner shall make the summary provided for in section twenty-four hundred ninety-six of this article available free of charge to all clinics, health maintenance...
• 2498 - Provision of Summary by Physician.
  The summary shall be provided by a physician to each person under such physician's care, when a hysterectomy is under consideration for that person.
• 2499 - Informed Consent.
  Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a cause of action for lack of informed consent in any instance in which such cause...
• 2499-a - Exception.
  The dispensing of the standard written summary shall not pertain when the hysterectomy is performed in a situation of imminent danger in which the physician...

Last modified: February 3, 2019