Medical emergency services
Compiled text through Mar 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Mar 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)Each secure facility shall provide access to emergency services which permit the medical evaluation, treatment and disposition of medical emergency cases on a 24-hour basis each day.
(b)Each secure facility shall designate a primary and, if practicable, secondary certified or registered ambulance service. Such designations shall be documented and approved by OCFS.
(c)Each secure facility shall designate a primary and, if practicable, secondary nearby hospital emergency room to provide emergency medical services on a 24-hour basis each day. Such designations shall be recorded and approved by OCFS.
(d)Each secure facility shall develop security procedures providing for the timely medical transport of residents to a designated hospital emergency room.
(e)Residents requiring hospital emergency room service shall get personally presented at such emergency room for treatment. Every refusal of hospital emergency room service to residents so presented which, in the opinion of the agency medical director constitutes a violation of section 405.19(e) of Title 10, shall be reported in complaint form to the New York State Department of Health (DOH), Bureau of Hospital Services by such medical director.
(f)Every refusal by DOH certified or registered ambulance service to respond to a medical emergency at a secure facility shall be reported in complaint form by the agency medical director to DOH, Bureau of Emergency Medical Services.
(g)Each secure facility shall provide first aid kits adequate in number, distribution and content to meet the needs of security and health care staff as determined by the agency medical director.
(h)Direct care staff shall receive training and maintain certification in approved first aid and emergency life support techniques.