N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2121

§ 2121. Communicable diseases; duty of committed patients; discipline.\n1. Every person committed under the provisions of this article shall\nobserve all the rules and regulations of the hospital or institution to\nwhich he is committed.\n 2. Any person so committed who neglects or refuses to obey the rules\nand regulations of the institution may by direction of the chief medical\nofficer of the institution be placed apart from the other patients.\n