§ 201.07 Confidential Medical Report of Birth; Not Subject to Compelled Disclosure or Inspection.
RCNY § 201.07
(a)The confidential medical report of birth shall be confidential and not subject to compelled disclosure or to inspection by persons other than the Commissioner or authorized personnel of the Department, except in a criminal action or criminal proceeding, or for official purposes by a federal, state, county or municipal agency charged by law with the duty of detecting or prosecuting crime. The Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee may, however, approve the inspection of such medical reports for scientific purposes.
(b)Within the context of this section, scientific purposes shall mean epidemiologic surveillance and investigation by a governmental public health agency, research, or the compilation of statistics relating factors bearing on disease incidence, prevalence, mortality or treatment. (Amended City Record 3/25/2016, eff. 4/24/2016)
