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N.Y. MHY Law § 9.11

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Patients' records

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* § 9.11 Patients' records.\n Except as to informal patients and patients admitted pursuant to\nsection 9.39 or 9.40, the director of a hospital shall within five days,\nexcluding Sunday and holidays, after the admission of any patient\nforward to the mental hygiene legal service a record of such patient and\nshall simultaneously forward to the department such information from the\nrecord as the commissioner by regulation shall require. Such information\nfrom the record in the department shall be accessible only in the manner\nset forth in section 33.13.\n * NB Effective until July 1, 2027\n* § 9.11 Patients' records.\n Except as to informal patients and patients admitted pursuant to\nsection 9.39, the director of a hospital shall within five days,\nexcluding Sunday and holidays, after the admission of any patient\nforward to the mental hygiene legal service a record of such patient and\nshall simultaneously forward to the department such information from the\nrecord as the commissioner by regulation shall require. Such information\nfrom the record in the department shall be accessible only in the manner\nset forth in section 33.13.\n * NB Effective July 1, 2027\n

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