* § 2011. Duty to report. 1. Every physician, nurse practitioner,
physician assistant and general hospital that diagnoses or is treating a
patient diagnosed with Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonisms, shall give
notice no later than one hundred eighty days of every case of
Parkinson's disease coming under their care, to the department, in a
format to be determined by the commissioner, except as otherwise
provided in this article.

2. All patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease or Parkinsonisms
shall be provided written and verbal notice regarding the collection of
information and patient data on Parkinson's disease. Patients who do not
wish to participate in the collection of data shall affirmatively
opt-out in writing after ample opportunity to review such notice,
provided that, the mere incidence of a patient with Parkinson's disease
shall be the sole required information for the registry under section
two thousand twelve of this article for any patient who chooses not to
participate.

* NB Effective March 13, 2025