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New York State Department of Health Hospital Certification and Oversight Files


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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
The commissioner of health is responsible for the development and administration of the state's policy with respect to hospital and related services, including inquiry into the operation of hospitals and periodic inspections of facilities, as well as the authority to approve and revoke hospital operating certificates. This series consists of such certification and oversight files for each hospital in the state and the results of a hospital management assessment survey conducted in 1975.
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Hospital certification and oversight files
Quantity:

18 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1965-1975
Series Number:
A0792

Administrative History

Chapter 795 of Laws of 1965 grants the commissioner of health "The central, comprehensive responsibility for the development and administration of the state's policy with respect to hospital and related services??" The law prohibits any health care facility construction projects without prior approval of the commissioner (and the State Hospital Review and Planning Council and the appropriate Regional Hospital Planning Council); gives the commissioner the right to "inquire into the operation of hospitals" and to "conduct periodic inspections of facilities"; grants the commissioner the authority to approve and revoke hospital operating certificates. The law also directed formation of a unit for "hospital affairs" to assist the commissioner in carrying out its provisions. In 1966 the Bureau of Hospital Certification was created within the newly formed Division of Hospital Affairs to carry out this function.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of files for each hospital in the state and the results of a hospital management assessment survey conducted in 1975. Files contain a variety of items such as the following: incoming and outgoing correspondence between the facility and other bureaus of the department of health; incoming and outgoing correspondence and memoranda between the bureau of hospital certification and other bureaus of department of health; applications for operating certificates; health care facility complaint reports and record of action taken; applications for hospital construction projects and record of action taken; applications for exception from the State Hospital Code and record of action taken; rate appeals and action taken; schedules of estimates annual expense and income schedules; reports of regional health office survey teams; hospital financial and manpower reports; audited financial statements. Arranged alphabetically by name of health care facility.

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Accretion: A0792-79
Adirondack Regional Hospital to Bethesda Hospital 1
Binghamton General Hospital to Buffalo General Hospital 2
Burke Rehabilitation Center to Cohoes Memorial Hospital 3
Community General Hospital-Gr. Hermann to Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital 4
Cuba Memorial Hospital to Edward J. Noble Hospital of Alexandria Bay 5
Edward J. Noble Hospital of Gouverneur to Good Samaritan Hospital of Suffern 6
Good Samaritan Hospital, West Islip to House of the Good Samaritan 7
Huntington Hospital to Lafayette General Hospital 8
Lake Shore Hospital to Manhasset Medical Center 9
Margaretville Memorial Hospital to E. J. Meyers Memorial Hospital 10
Mid-Island Hospital to New Rochelle Hospital Medical Center 11
New York City Health and Hospital Corporation to Nursing Services Park Ridge Hospital 12
Parkway Hospital to Rome Hospital and Murphy Memorial Hospital 13
Roosevelt Hospital to St. Agnes Hospital 14
St. Anthony Community Hospital to St. Josephs Hospital 15
St. Josephs Hospital of Yonkers to State University Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse 16
Staten Island Hospital to Westfield Memorial Hospital 17
White Plains Hospital Medical Center to Yonkers Professional Hospital and 1 folder - Management Assessment Survey, 1975 18