N.Y. Public Health Law Section 4501
Medical referral service businesses prohibited

1.

No person, firm, partnership, association or corporation, or agent or employee thereof, shall engage in for profit any business or service which in whole or in part includes the referral or recommendation of persons to a physician, dentist, hospital, health related facility, or dispensary for any form of medical or dental care or treatment of any ailment or physical condition. The imposition of a fee or charge for any such referral or recommendation shall create a presumption that the business or service is engaged in for profit.

2.

No physician, dentist, hospital, health related facility or dispensary shall enter into a contract or other form of agreement to accept for medical or dental care or treatment any person referred or recommended for such care or treatment by a medical or dental referral service business located in or doing business in another state if the medical or dental referral service business would be prohibited under this section if the business were located in or doing business in this state.

Source: Section 4501 — Medical referral service businesses prohibited, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBH/4501 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Dec. 21, 2024).

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