New York Public Health Law Title 1-A - SAFE PATIENT HANDLING

• 2997-g - Legislative Intent.
  The legislature hereby finds and declares that it is in the public interest for health care facilities to implement safe patient handling policies. There are...
• 2997-h - Definitions.
  For the purposes of this title: 1. "Health care facility" shall mean general hospitals, residential health care facilities, diagnostic and treatment centers, and clinics licensed...
• 2997-i - Safe Patient Handling Workgroup.
  1. The commissioner shall establish a safe patient handling workgroup (referred to in this section as the "workgroup") within the department. The workgroup shall consist...
• 2997-j - Dissemination of Best Practices, Examples of Sample Safe Patient Handling Policies and Other Resources and Tools.
  The commissioner shall disseminate best practices, examples of sample safe patient handling policies, and other resources and tools to health care facilities, taking into consideration...
• 2997-k - Safe Patient Handling Committees; Programs.
  1. On or before January first, two thousand sixteen, each health care facility shall establish a safe patient handling committee (referred to in this section...
• 2997-l - Activities.
  The activities enumerated in section twenty-nine hundred ninety-seven-k of this title shall be undertaken consistent with section twenty-eight hundred five-j of this chapter by a...

Last modified: February 3, 2019