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Health Code

Article Number	Description
1	Short Title and General Definitions
3	General Provisions
5	Permits
9	Petitioning Board to Commence Rulemaking Petitioning Board to Commence Rulemaking: Petition Form
11	Reportable Diseases, Conditions
13	Laboratories
15	Handling Live Pathogenic Organisms
43	School Based Programs for Children Ages 3 Through 5
45	Schools and Children's Institutions
47	Child Care Programs and Family Shelter-Based Drop-off Child Supervision Programs
48	Summer Camps
48-A	Year-Round After-School and Youth
49	Schools
51	Children's Institutions
71	Food, Drugs and Cosmetics
81	Food Preparation and Food Establishments
88	Temporary Food Establishments
89	Mobile Food Vending
115	Formula Preparation
131	Buildings Generally
139	Public Transportation Facilities
141	Water Supply Safety Standards
143	Disposal of Sewage
151	Rodents, Insects, Other Pests
161	Animals
163	Barber Shops
165	Bathing Establishments
167	Bathing Beaches
173	Hazardous Substances
175	Radiation Control
177	Tanning Facilities
181	Protection of Public Health Generally
201	Births
203	Termination of Pregnancy
205	Deaths and Disposal of Human Remains
207	General Vital Statistics Provisions

Commissioners Regulations

Chapters of Title 24 of The Rules of The City of New York

Chapter	Chapter Description
1	Required Signs
3	Performance Summary Cards and Penalties for Child Care Programs (effective 1/29/18)
4	Health, Safety & Well-Being of Rental Horses
5	Pet Shops
6	Mobile Food Vending
7	Adjudicatory Hearings and Violation Fines and Penalties
8	Cooling Towers
9	Raw Salt-Cured Air-Dried Fish
10	Smoking and the Use Of Electronic Cigarettes Under The New York City Smoke-Free Air Act.
12	Window Guards
13	Cigarette and Tobacco Product Sales
14	Cleaning Park Playground Equipment
16	Criteria for Issuing Special Vehicle Identification Permits to Disabled Persons
17	Tripartite General Orders
18	Resuscitation Equipment in Public Places
19	Waiting List Rules for Temporary Mobile Food Unit Permits
21	Rules Describing Health Academy Training Courses and Prescribing Fees to be Charged by the Department to Defray the Costs Incurred in Administering These Courses
22	Tattooists & Applying Tattoos
23	Food Service Establishment Sanitary Inspection Procedure
24	Automated External Defibrillators in Certain Public Places
25	Service of Final Orders in Assisted Outpatient Treatment
26	Establishment and Maintenance of Separate Borough Specific Waiting Lists for Those Seeking Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Permits
27	Food Allergy Information
28	Restriction on the Sale of Certain Flavored Tobacco Products, Flavored Electronic Cigarettes and Flavored E-Liquid
29	Animal Population Control Program
30	Volatile Organic Compounds in Carpet & Carpet Cushion
31	Drinking Water Tank Inspections
32	Dogs in Outdoor Dining Areas
33	Operation of Body Scanners in Correctional Facilities
34	Grocery Delivery Program
35	Designating Rat Mitigation Zones
36	Needle, Syringe and Sharps Buyback Pilot Program
37	Petitioning the Department to Commence Rulemaking
38	Program to Cancel Medical Debt
39	Added Sugar Warning