NYS Laws
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Find a a NYS Law, Bill, Code, Rule, or Regulation.
Guidance on how to locate Laws and Bills, Code, Rule or Regulation in New York State. includes how bills become laws and links to the NYS Register and NYCCYR codes.
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Child Abuse Reporting and Child Abuse in an Educational Setting
Educational Abuse Reporting Laws which pertain to abuse which occurs in the school setting.
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Diagnostic Screening of Pupils -Title VIII, Chapter II, Part 117
Contains information on regulations of elementary and secondary education screening of pupils.
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Dignity for All Students - Article 2
Contains Information about the Law that took effect July 2012. Content includes details about Bullying, Harassment, and Discrimination which includes Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students.
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Education of Homeless Children Section 3209 - Title IV, Article 65, Part I S 3209.
Contains information about the McKinney-Vento Act
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Immunization, Public Health Law 2164
Public Health Law TITLE VI- POLIOMYELITIS AND OTHER DISEASES links to law and printable PDF.
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Medical and Health Services - Article 19
New York State Laws related to School Health Services; Article 19 sections 901 - 922.
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Medicine - Article 131
The Education Law that applies to Medicine. It defines the provisions for all the professions under medicine including non-patient specific regimen to a registered professional nurse for: administering immunizations, the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis, administering purified protein derivative (PPD) tests, administering tests to determine the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus. Also included here is information about physicians in bordering states.
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Mental Health Education Article 17 Section 804
This amendment to Health Education Law goes into effect July 2018. It will require mental health education as a part of a Health Education program.
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Nursing - Article 139; Sections 6900-6910
This Education Law defines the roles and requirements of the licences of nursing including; LPN, RN and NP and others.
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Pharmacy - Article 137
This pertains to pharmacy laws in regards to non-patient specific orders and school nurses.
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Student Data Privacy
Provides links to the US and NYS Education Section 2-d and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act provide clear protections for student data,
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Ticks and Tick-borne Disease
Amendment to Education Law Section 1. Section 305 added a new subdivision 55 in relation to an education and awareness program on tick identification and protection. (June 3, 2015)
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Violence Against Nurses Law
Provides information on protections for nurses from violence in the workplace.
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Whistleblower Protection - NY Labor Law §740, §741
Whistleblower Protection-New York State Private Sector Whistleblower Law -NY Labor Law §740, §741-Prohibits an employer of taking retaliatory personnel action against employees because the employee made a complaint of employer violations.