N.Y. PBH Law § 1393

§ 1393. Permit requirements. 1. No person, firm, corporation, or\nassociation shall operate a children's overnight, summer day, or\ntraveling summer day camp without first obtaining a permit from an\nofficer.\n 2. An officer shall issue a permit if, after inspection, the\nchildren's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp is in\ncompliance with this chapter and the sanitary code. All permits shall\nexpire one year from the date of issuance of such permit or upon such\nearlier date as specified by such officer which date shall in no event\nbe earlier than the latest date that such camps may remain open pursuant\nto regulations prescribed by the commissioner. Nothing in this section\nshall be construed to limit the responsibilities and duties of\ncompliance arising out of any other provision of law.\n 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an officer in issuing a\npermit may waive any requirement of the sanitary code setting a minimum\nstandard of floor space per camper in a camp's sleeping quarters. Such a\nwaiver may be granted upon written application therefor, and shall be\naccompanied by a statement by the officer of the specific terms and\nconditions under which the waiver shall have been granted. Such waivers\nmay be granted only to camps constructed prior to January first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-five. An officer shall grant such waiver where\nthe application therefor is accompanied by a written certification by\nthe local health officer of its need or desirability to avoid an\nimmediate undue hardship upon the operator which may result in the\nclosing of the children's overnight camp to prospective campers, and a\nstatement by the local health officer that the granting of a waiver\nshall not present a hazard to public health and safety. All such waivers\nshall expire on December thirty-first of the year in which they are\ngranted, but may be renewed for good and sufficient reason.\n 4. The fee for a permit shall be two hundred dollars, except that no\nfee shall be charged in the case of a children's overnight, summer day\nor traveling summer day camp operated by a person, firm, corporation or\nassociation for charitable, philanthropic or religious purposes.\n 5. Any enrollment application forms and/or enrollment contract forms\nmailed or delivered to a person for purposes of enrollment of a child\nfor any children's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp\nshall contain or be accompanied by a written statement which declares:\n (a) that such camp is required to be licensed by the New York state\ndepartment of health;\n (b) that such camp is required to be inspected twice yearly; and\n (c) the address where inspection reports concerning such camp are\nfiled.\n