New York State Department of Health Bureau of Hospital Certification Director's State Hospital Code Correspondence Files

Numerical by State Hospital Code section, then in reverse chronological order by date of outgoing correspondence.

The State Hospital Code, established in 1966, sets minimum standards for construction and operation of medical facilities, qualified professional personnel, the quality and adequacy of care, and cost of services at residential health care facilities in New York State.

Files contain the incoming and outgoing correspondence of the bureau director, Julius A. Katzive, M.D., concerning interpretation and amendment of the State Hospital Code. There are inquiries from hospital administrators and public health officials; internal memoranda and responses to inquiries; proposed revisions of the code; and reaction to such proposals from the professional medical community. Issues provoking the strongest reactions were introduction of a mandatory uterine cytology program for certain hospital admissions; changes in the chest x-ray tuberculosis screening program for general hospital admissions; and determinations of hospital compliance with Code standards for adequate facilities and qualified professional personnel.

A0783Series A0783, Correspondence Relating to State Hospital Code, contains files which post-date this series.

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