N.Y. PBH Law § 2102
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Communicable diseases; laboratory reports and records
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§ 2102. Communicable diseases; laboratory reports and records. 1.\nWhenever any laboratory examination discloses evidence of communicable\ndisease, the results of such examination together with all required\npertinent facts, shall be immediately reported by the person in charge\nof the laboratory or the person making such examination to the local or\nstate health official to whom the attending physician is required to\nreport such case.\n 2. The person in charge of such laboratory or the person making such\nexamination shall keep for a period of time to be specified by the\ncommissioner, a record of all the facts in connection with such\nexamination, including the identity of the person from whom the specimen\nis taken and the name of the physician, if any, sending such specimen.\n
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