§ 557. Reports to the justice center. Every director or other person
in charge of a residential facility within the meaning of subdivision
four of section four hundred eighty-eight of the social services law
operated, licensed or certified by an office of the department of mental
hygiene or the office of children and family services, shall report
immediately to the executive director and the justice center medical
review board the death of a patient or resident of any such facility in
such manner and such form as the justice center shall prescribe,
together with an autopsy report, if any.