Section 22.05. Patient's records

(a)  After  the  admission  of any patient, the director of a chemical
  dependence  program  or  treatment  facility  shall,  within  five  days
  excluding  Sunday  and  holidays, forward to the office such information
  from the record in such  time  and  manner  as  the  commissioner  shall
  require  by  regulation.  Such information from the record in the office
  shall be accessible only in the manner set forth in sections  33.13  and
  33.16 of this chapter.
    (b)  All  records  of  identity, diagnosis, prognosis, or treatment in
  connection with a person's receipt of chemical dependence services shall
  be confidential and shall be released only in accordance with applicable
  provisions of the public health law, any other state  law,  federal  law
  and duly executed court orders.