N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4369

* § 4369. Bone marrow registry information. 1. The commissioner, with\nthe assistance of the transplant council, shall develop and make\navailable information regarding bone marrow donation and registries,\nincluding but not limited to the National Marrow Donor Program "Be The\nMatch Registry" registry and The Bone Marrow Foundation. Such\ninformation shall include, but not be limited to:\n (a) the need for bone marrow donations;\n (b) patient populations that would benefit from bone marrow donations;\n (c) how to join the bone marrow registry; and\n (d) how to acquire a free buccal swab kit from a bone marrow registry.\n 2. The information required by this section shall be made available to\nthe public by the commissioner on the department's website and through\nother means determined by the commissioner. The information shall also\nbe provided by the commissioner to physicians, physician assistants and\nnurse practitioners providing primary care for dissemination under\nsubdivision three of this section.\n 3. Each physician, physician assistant and nurse practitioner\nproviding primary care may inquire of new patients who are eighteen\nyears of age or older and under forty-five years of age on their new\npatient intake form as to whether the patient is registered with the\nbone marrow registry. If the patient states that he or she is not\nregistered with the bone marrow registry, the physician, physician\nassistant or nurse practitioner providing primary care shall provide\ninformation developed and disseminated by the department regarding the\nbone marrow registry to the patient.\n * NB Effective January 1, 2021\n