Section 2496. Written summary regarding hysterectomy

The commissioner, in
  consultation with  the  medical  society  of  the  state  of  New  York,
  consumers  and  others  knowledgeable on the topic of hysterectomy shall
  develop a standardized written summary which shall explain:
    1. the common diagnoses for which hysterectomy is a  common  treatment
  including  but  not  limited  to  uterine leiomyofibroma, endometriosis,
  disorders of menstruation, premalignant or malignant changes  in  uterus
  or cervix and salpingo-oophoritis;
    2.  alternative  treatments  to  hysterectomy  for  such diagnoses, in
  accordance with accepted medical practices;
    3. the types of hysterectomy including  radical,  subtotal  abdominal,
  total abdominal and vaginal;
    4.  the common physiological changes, side effects, risks and benefits
  which  result  after  each  type  of  hysterectomy  or  alternative   is
  performed;
    5.  that  the hysterectomy is irreversible, results in infertility and
  the end of menstruation; and
    6. an oophorectomy, a treatment often  associated  with  hysterectomy,
  including unilateral, bilateral and salpingo-oophorectomy.