Public Health Law § 230-a · Title 2-A. Professional Medical Conduct
Infection control standards
Text — Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
* § 230-a. Infection control standards. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section sixty-five hundred thirty-two of the education law, the department shall promulgate rules or regulations describing scientifically accepted barrier precautions and infection control practices as standards of professional medical conduct for persons licensed under articles one hundred thirty-one and one hundred thirty-one-B of the education law. The department shall consult with the education department to ensure that regulatory standards for scientifically acceptable barrier precautions and infection prevention techniques promulgated pursuant to this section are consistent, as far as appropriate with such standards adopted by the education department applicable to persons licensed under the education law other than articles one hundred thirty-one and one hundred thirty-one-B of such law.
* NB There are 2 § 230-a's
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- Law content up to date as of October 9, 2026, as published by the New York State Senate (Open Legislation)
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/PBH230-A%2A2
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- gen_ny_statutes.py 2026-11-10: the Senate's Open Legislation law tree (GET /api/3/laws/<ID>?full=true) read in document order; the Senate's PDF of the whole law (GET /pdf/laws/<ID>?full=true), read with PDFium, prints the same words in the same order
- The Senate's note "There are 2 § 230-a's": the Legislature enacted more than one unit under that number; each is printed.
- The Legislature enacted more than one section numbered 230-a; this is number 2 as the Senate prints them.
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