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New York Codes Rules Regulations (Last Updated: March 27,2024) |
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TITLE 7. Department of Corrections and Community Supervision |
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Chapter II. Employee Rules |
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Part 52. Inmates, Employees and the Public |
Sec. 52.6. Treatment of inmates by employees prohibited
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- No employee other than an institutional physician, or a licensed or certified health practitioner acting within the scope of his employment and under the direction of a physician, shall diagnose any illness, ailment or injury of any inmate, or prescribe or administer any treatment or medicine, except in the case of an emergency requiring first aid, which shall in such emergency be administered as expeditiously as possible by any qualified person present.