New York Codes, Rules and Regulations Help

The New York State Code of Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) database contains documents from The Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York. Also included are recent updates to sections that are pending final processing by the Division of Administrative Rules. A document is a section, legal interpretation, supervisory policy/procedure, form, account, appendix, table or illustration.

DERIVATION:
Documents are obtained directly from the state for Thomson Reuters Westlaw.

COVERAGE:
Coverage includes the administrative rules and regulations adopted by the state agencies and filed with the New York Secretary of State.

SOURCE:
The Official Compilation of Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York.

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    Note: For Terms and Connectors searching, add connectors (e.g., and, or, not) to your search terms to conduct multiple-word searches. Search terms and connectors must be separated by spaces. Refer to the following table for examples of using connectors.

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