New York Laws
Title 2 - Control
2223 - Tuberculosis; Carelessness of Patients; Violation and Penalty; Duty of Health Officer.

§ 2223. Tuberculosis; carelessness of patients; violation and penalty;
duty of health officer. 1. Any person having tuberculosis who shall
dispose of his sputum, saliva or other bodily secretion or excretion so
as to cause offense or danger to any person or persons occupying the
same room or apartment, house, or part of a house, shall on complaint of
any person or persons subjected to such offense or danger, be deemed
guilty of a nuisance and any persons subjected to such a nuisance may
make complaint in person or writing to the health officer of the local
health district where the nuisance complained of is committed.

2. It shall be the duty of the local health officer receiving such
complaint to investigate and if it appears that the nuisance complained
of is such as to cause offense or danger to any person occupying the
same room, apartment, house or part of a house, he shall serve a notice
upon the person so complained of, reciting the alleged cause of offense
or danger and requiring him to dispose of his sputum, saliva or other
bodily secretion or excretion in such a manner as to remove all
reasonable cause of offense or danger.

3. Any person failing or refusing to comply with orders or regulations
of the local health officer requiring him to cease to commit such
nuisance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction
thereof shall be fined not more than ten dollars.