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* § 230-a. Infection control standards. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, including section sixty-five hundred thirty-two of the education law, the department shall promulgate rules or regulations describing scientifically accepted barrier precautions and infection control practices as standards of professional medical conduct for persons licensed under articles one hundred thirty-one and one hundred thirty-one-B of the education law. The department shall consult with the education department to ensure that regulatory standards for scientifically acceptable barrier precautions and infection prevention techniques promulgated pursuant to this section are consistent, as far as appropriate with such standards adopted by the education department applicable to persons licensed under the education law other than articles one hundred thirty-one and one hundred thirty-one-B of such law. * NB There are 2 § 230-a's