Mental Hygiene Law § 9.11 · Article 9. Hospitalization of Persons With a Mental Illness
Patients' records
Text — Law content up to date as of June 26, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
* § 9.11 Patients' records.
Except as to informal patients and patients admitted pursuant to section 9.39 or 9.40, the director of a hospital shall within five days, excluding Sunday and holidays, after the admission of any patient forward to the mental hygiene legal service a record of such patient and shall simultaneously forward to the department such information from the record as the commissioner by regulation shall require. Such information from the record in the department shall be accessible only in the manner set forth in section 33.13.
* NB Effective until July 1, 2027 * § 9.11 Patients' records.
Except as to informal patients and patients admitted pursuant to section 9.39, the director of a hospital shall within five days, excluding Sunday and holidays, after the admission of any patient forward to the mental hygiene legal service a record of such patient and shall simultaneously forward to the department such information from the record as the commissioner by regulation shall require. Such information from the record in the department shall be accessible only in the manner set forth in section 33.13.
* NB Effective July 1, 2027
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