N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2994

§ 2994. Rights to be publicized. The commissioner of health shall\nprepare a statement summarizing the rights, duties and requirements of\nthis article and shall require that a copy of such statement:\n 1. Be furnished to patients or their families at or prior to the time\nof admission to a hospital, and to each member of the hospital's staff;\nand\n 2. Be posted in a public place in each hospital.\n The statement of rights required by this section may be included in\nany other statement of patients' rights required by other provisions of\nthis chapter.\n