1. Whenever any laboratory examination discloses evidence of communicable disease, the results of such examination together with all required pertinent facts, shall be immediately reported by the person in charge of the laboratory or the person making such examination to the local or state health official to whom the attending physician is required to report such case.\n2. The person in charge of such laboratory or the person making such examination shall keep for a period of time to be specified by the commissioner, a record of all the facts in connection with such examination, including the identity of the person from whom the specimen is taken and the name of the physician, if any, sending such specimen.
New York Legal Code