N.Y. PBH Law § 2994-U
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Rights to be publicized
Official statutory text
§ 2994-u. Rights to be publicized. The commissioner shall prepare a\nstatement summarizing the rights, duties, and requirements of this\narticle and shall require that a copy of such statement be furnished to\na patient or to the patient's surrogate, or to the parent or guardian of\na minor patient, at or prior to admission to the hospital, or within a\nreasonable time thereafter, and to any person on the surrogate list who\nrequests a copy of the statement from the hospital. The statement shall\nalso be made available to the hospital clinical staff.\n
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