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Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHChapter II - Administrative Rules and RegulationsSubchapter B - State Aid And FundingPart 40 - State Aid for Public Health Services: Counties and CitiesSubpart 40-2 - Performance Standards and Minimum Requirements for Core Public Health Services
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Section 40-2.57 - Environmental and occupational health exposure investigation, assessment and response; performance standards

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 10 § 40-2.57

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Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 25, June 18, 2024
Section 40-2.57 - Environmental and occupational health exposure investigation, assessment and response; performance standards

The local health department shall maintain and conduct a program that includes, at a minimum:

(a) responding to reports of exposure to chemical and non-communicable biological hazards attributable to environmental and occupational settings. Such responses shall include, at a minimum, pre-liminary evaluation and exposure investigation; appropriate environmental, biological, clinical or epidemiological monitoring; appropriate public health interventions to reduce and/or eliminate exposures; public or professional information and education; and consultation and referral as needed; and
(b) maintaining a log of reported exposures and alleged health effects, including a timeline and description of the response provided.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 § 40-2.57

Amended, New York State Register December 31, 2014/Volume XXXVI, Issue 52, eff.12/31/2014
Amended New York State Register August 26, 2020/Volume XLII, Issue 34, eff. 8/26/2020