§ 395. Applications to state commissioner of health. On and after
January first, nineteen hundred forty-seven, whenever a person alleged
to be suffering from tuberculosis is unable to gain admission to an
appropriate tuberculosis hospital for necessary diagnostic or treatment
services, such person may make application to the state commissioner of
health for admission to an appropriate tuberculosis hospital for such
services, treatment and care. The cost of such services and treatment
and of the maintenance of such patient shall be subject to the
provisions of section fifty-four and other applicable provisions of the
public health law.