New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter II - Administrative Rules and Regulations
Subchapter B - State Aid And Funding
Part 44 - State Aid For Approved Vector Surveillance And Control Programs
Section 44.50 - Public health threat; determination
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 12, March 20, 2024
(a) Public health threat of an arthropod vector-borne disease based on historical risk shall be determined by the documentation of a public health threat as described in subdivision (b) of this section, once in the previous three years, or two or more times in the previous 10 years, and by a finding, based upon the risk assessment considerations set forth in section 44.51 of this Part, that current conditions pose a substantial risk to human health.
(b) A public health threat of an arthropod vector-borne disease based on current activity shall be determined by the presence of human vector-borne disease or the presence of disease-specific etiologic agents in a known or suspected vector as specified below, and substantiated by information required by the risk assessment activities described in section 44.51 of this Part.