N.Y. Educ. Law § 246

§ 246. State medical library. The state medical library shall be a\npart of the New York state library under the same government and\nregulations and shall be open for consultation to every citizen of the\nstate at all hours when the state library is open and shall be available\nfor borrowing books to every accredited physician residing in the state\nof New York, who shall conform to the rules made by the regents for\ninsuring proper protection and the largest usefulness to the people of\nthe said medical library.\n