Section 4669 - Appointment of a caretakerUpon a determination by the council that there exists operational deficiencies in a fee-for-service continuing care retirement community that show:
1. there exists in the facility a pattern or practice of habitual violation of the standards of health, safety or patient care established under federal or state law or regulations, the council shall take the actions prescribed by section forty-six hundred sixty-eight of this article, and, where the council deems it to be in the public interest, the council may request the commissioner, and upon request of the council the commissioner shall, petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a caretaker as defined in section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter. The petition, the proceedings, and the procedures for appointment of a caretaker shall be governed by the provisions of section forty-six hundred seventy of this article, and the power, duties and rights of a caretaker appointed pursuant to such section shall be the same as those authorized by subdivision four of such section; or2. a condition or conditions in substantial violation of the standards for health, safety or patient care established under federal or state law or regulations.N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4669