22.05 - Patient's records.

§ 22.05 Patient's records.    (a)  After  the  admission  of any patient, the director of a chemical  dependence  program  or  treatment  facility  shall,  within  five  days  excluding  Sunday  and  holidays, forward to the office such information  from the record in such  time  and  manner  as  the  commissioner  shall  require  by  regulation.  Such information from the record in the office  shall be accessible only in the manner set forth in sections  33.13  and  33.16 of this chapter.    (b)  All  records  of  identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment in  connection with a person's receipt of chemical dependence services shall  be confidential and shall be released only in accordance with applicable  provisions of the public health law, any other state  law,  federal  law  and duly executed court orders.