N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9 § 7425.1
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 41, October 9, 2024
(a) Consistent with the requirements of this Part, the Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) shall develop written policies and procedures that allow for religious observance at each secure facility. The written policy and procedures shall be reviewed annually and updated as needed.(b) Residents have a right to hold any religious belief, and to be affiliated with any religious faith.(c) Residents are entitled to exercise their religious beliefs in a manner that does not constitute a threat to the safety, security or good order of the facility, or the safety, security or health of any person.(d) No person shall be permitted to proselytize to any resident of an OCFS secure facility.(e) Consistent with the requirements of subdivision (c) of this section, no resident shall be compelled to or dissuaded from exercising any religious belief.(f) Equal status and protection shall be afforded all residents in the exercise of their religious beliefs except when such exercise results in facility expenditures which are unreasonable or disproportionate to those extended to other residents for similar purposes.N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 9 § 7425.1
Renumbered from subtitle AA of chapter III New York State Register April 11, 2018/Volume XL, Issue 15, eff. 4/11/2018