New York Laws
Title E - General Provisions
Article 33 - Rights of Patients

33.01 - Protection of Patients' Rights. - Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person shall be...

33.02 - Notice of Rights of Individuals With Mental Disabilities. - (a) In order to ensure that residents of facilities or...

33.03 - Quality of Care and Treatment. - (a) Each patient in a facility and each person receiving...

33.04 - Restraint of Patients. - (a) As used in this section, "restraint" means the use...

33.05 - Communications and Visits. - (a) Each patient in a facility shall have the right...

33.06 - Reports of Abuse, Neglect, and Significant Incidents. - The executive director of the justice center for the protection...

33.07 - Care and Custody of the Personal Property of Persons Receiving Services. - (a) A patient's right to retain his personal belongings upon...

33.08 - Personal Needs Allowance for Residents of State Psychiatric Centers and State Operated Alcoholism Facilities. - (a) For the purposes of this section: 1. "countable resources"...

33.09 - Employment of Patients. - (a) The department shall encourage employment of patients as part...

33.11 - Education for Children With Mental Disabilities. - The office of mental health and the office for people...

33.12 - Hearing Evaluation. - The office for people with developmental disabilities shall provide suitable...

33.13 - Clinical Records; Confidentiality. - (a) A clinical record for each patient or client shall...

33.14 - Sealing of Records Pertaining to Treatment for Mental Illness. - (a) (1) Any person who has been admitted to receive...

33.15 - Habeas Corpus. - (a) A person retained by a facility or the department...

33.16 - Access to Clinical Records. - (a) Definitions. For the purposes of this section: 1. "Clinical...

33.17 - Transportation of Individuals. - Within staffing limitations and upon request, an individual who is...

33.21 - Consent for Mental Health Treatment of Minors. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "minor" shall...

33.23 - Incident Notifications and Reports. - (a) The director of a facility, as defined in subdivision...

33.25 - Release of Records Pertaining to Allegations and Investigations of Abuse and Mistreatment. - (a) Records and documents pertaining to allegations and investigations into...

33.27 - Independent Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Ombudsman. - (a) There is hereby established the office of the independent...

33.28 - Independent Developmental Disability Ombudsman Program. - (a) There is hereby established by the office for people...