N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 1394

§ 1394. Children's camps; standards and regulations. 1. The public\nhealth council shall prescribe standards and establish regulations for\nchildren's overnight, summer day and traveling summer day camps, as\ndefined in this article, concerning such matters as may be appropriate\nfor the protection and security of the life, health and safety of the\noccupants of such camps.\n 2. All buses or other motor vehicles which are owned by a traveling\nsummer day camp or which are operated or leased by such camp for the\npurpose of transporting children attending such camp shall meet the\nrequirements for safe operation of such vehicles as provided for in\nsection one hundred forty of the transportation law.\n 3. Any person, firm, corporation, or association that operates a\nchildren's overnight, summer day, or traveling summer day camp, and has\nobtained a permit pursuant to section thirteen hundred ninety-three of\nthis article, shall be authorized to employ or contract with a\nphysician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, registered nurse, or\nlicensed practical nurse or emergency medical technician to act as a\ndesignated camp health director or to provide health services in\nassistance to the camp health director pursuant to applicable\nregulations promulgated by the commissioner.\n 4. Each children's overnight camp, summer day camp and travelling\nsummer day camp shall allow children attending such camp to carry and\nuse topical sunscreen products approved by the federal Food and Drug\nAdministration for over-the-counter use for the purpose of avoiding\noverexposure to the sun and not for medical treatment of an injury or\nillness, with the written permission of the parent or guardian of the\nchild. A record of such permission shall be maintained by the camp. A\nchild who is unable to physically apply sunscreen may be assisted by\nunlicensed personnel when directed to do so by the child, if permitted\nby a parent or guardian and authorized by the camp.\n