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N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2305 — Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment by licensed physician or staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2305
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- Statute
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- New York Public Health Law
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- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 2305. Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment by licensed physician or staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions. 1. No person, other than a licensed physician, or, in a hospital, a staff physician, shall diagnose, treat or prescribe for a person who is infected with a sexually transmitted…
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N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2305 — Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment by licensed physician or staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 2305. Sexually transmitted diseases; treatment by licensed physician or staff physician of a hospital; prescriptions. 1. No person, other than a licensed physician, or, in a hospital, a staff physician, shall diagnose, treat or prescribe for a person who is infected with a sexually transmitted disease, or who has been exposed to infection with a sexually transmitted disease, or dispense or sell a drug, medicine or remedy for the treatment of such person except on prescription of a duly licensed physician.
2. A licensed physician, or in a hospital, a staff physician, may diagnose, treat or prescribe for a person under the age of twenty-one years without the consent or knowledge of the parents or guardian of said person, where such person is infected with a sexually transmitted disease, or has been exposed to infection with a sexually transmitted disease.
3. For the purposes of this section, the term "hospital" shall mean a hospital as defined in article twenty-eight of this chapter.