New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 14 - DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE
Chapter XIII - Office of Mental Health
Part 557 - COVID-19 Vaccination Program
Section 557.4 - Definitions pertaining to this Part

(a) Commissioner shall mean the Commissioner of Mental Health.

(b) COVID-19 vaccine or vaccine shall mean a vaccine currently licensed for immunization and distribution in the United States by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for active immunization for the prevention of COVID-19, or authorized for such use by the FDA pursuant to an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) or as an Emergency Investigational New Drug (EIND).

(c) Fully Vaccinated shall mean fully vaccinated for COVID-19 for a period of 2 weeks or more after receiving either (1) the second dose in a 2-dose series (e.g., Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna), or (2) a single-dose vaccine (e.g., Johnson & Johnson /Janssen), authorized for emergency use or approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and holds an emergency use listing by the World Health Organization.

(d) Hospital shall mean a hospital named in Mental Hygiene Law section 7.17(b), excluding the Nathan S. Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research. Hospital shall also mean a program operated pursuant to Parts 580, 582, or 590 of this Title.

(e) Office shall mean the Office of Mental Health.

(f) Staff shall mean all persons employed or affiliated with a Hospital, or STARC Program, whether paid or unpaid, including but not limited to employees, members of the medical, nursing, and other treatment staff, contract staff, students, and volunteers.

(g) STARC Program shall mean a secure treatment facility operated pursuant to Section 7.18 of the Mental Hygiene Law.