ny-HLT-46-25-00015-A: Children’s Camps

I.D. No. HLT-46-25-00015-A Filing No. 889 Filing Date: 2026-09-18 Effective Date: 2026-10-07 PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Pro- cedureAct, NOTICE is hereby given of the following action: Action taken: Amendment of Subpart 7-2 of Title 10 NYCRR. Statutory authority: Public Health Law, sections 225 and 1394 Subject: Children’s Camps. Purpose: To protect the health and safety of children who attend chil- dren’s overnight, summer day and traveling summer day camps. Substance of final rule: The following are the substantive amendments to Subpart 7-2 (Children’s Camps) of the New York State Sanitary Code. In addition, existing gender specific pronouns in the regulation will be replaced with gender neutral pronouns. New subdivision (d) is added to Section 7-2.1, to read as follows: (d)The regulatory authority or designated representative is to be permit- ted access to the facility for inspection or investigation at all times when the children’s camp is in operation. Refusal of admittance, after proper identification, is cause for immediate closure and permit suspension, or permit revocation as provided in section 7-2.4(g) of this Subpart. New subdivisions (o), (p) and (q) are added to section 7-2.2, to read as follows: (o) Camp staff or staff shall mean an employee or volunteer working at the camp, except as otherwise defined for purposes of Children’s Camps for Children with Developmental Disabilities pursuant to section 7-2.25(b) of this Subpart. (p)Automated external defibrillator (AED) shall mean a medical device that complies with section 3000-f of the Public Health Law. (q) Acceptable training in the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) shall mean successful completion of an AED training course by a nationally-recognized organization accepted by the State Department of Health for the purpose of training people in the use of an AED. AED cer- tificates shall be valid as specified by the provider but shall not exceed 24 months from the date of course completion. Section 7-2.3 is amended and renumbered, to read as follows: 7-2.3Applicability and Exclusions. (a) The requirements of this Subpart shall apply to all children’s overnight camps, summer day camps, and traveling summer day camps as defined in section 7-2.2 of this Subpart, except that the following types of operations and programs are excluded: (1) any camp occupied by or maintained for occupancy by fewer than 10 children; *** (5) unscheduled or drop-in programs, such as in neighborhood-center settings, providing recreational activity without requiring program enroll- ment for participants, and where children are free to come and go at will; (6) day programs providing single-purpose activity, such as training and competition in a single sport (e.g., little league baseball or Pop Warner football), or a single organized tournament competition which may include multiple individual events (e.g. Special Olympics); (7) venues, including those with overnight lodg