N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 14, § 556.4 – Definitions pertaining to this Part. | Midpage
§ 556.4
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 14, § 556.4
Definitions pertaining to this Part.
Department of Mental Hygiene
(a) Facility shall mean:
(1) a Hospital as defined hereinafter;
(2) a provider of services which operates or proposes to operate a congregate residential program licensed, certified, or funded by the Office of Mental Health; or
(3) an out-patient program licensed, certified, designated or funded by the Office of Mental Health.
(b) Hospital shall mean a hospital named in Mental Hygiene Law section 7.17(b), or operated pursuant to Parts 580, 582, or 590 of this Title, and any provider of services co-located within such hospital campus.
(c) Staff shall mean all persons employed or affiliated with a facility, whether paid or unpaid, including but not limited to employees, corrections-based staff, members of the medical, nursing, and other treatment staff, contract staff, students, and volunteers, who engage in activities such that if they were infected with COVID-19 they could potentially expose patients to the disease.