N.Y.
Public Health Law Section 588
Violations and penalties
1.
Any health services purveyor, clinical laboratory, or any agent, employee or fiduciary of a health services purveyor or clinical laboratory who violates the provisions of § 586 (Payment for services)section five hundred eighty-six of this title, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor and shall be punishable in accordance with the provisions of the penal law.2.
Any health services purveyor, clinical laboratory, or any agent, employee or fiduciary of a health services purveyor or clinical laboratory who violates the provisions of § 587 (Prohibited practices)section five hundred eighty-seven of this title, or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by:(a)
a term of imprisonment in accordance with the penal law; or(b)
a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars; or(c)
if the defendant has gained money or property through a violation of the provisions of this section, a fine in an amount, fixed by the court, not to exceed double the amount of the defendant’s gain from a violation of such provisions. In such event, the provisions of subdivision three of section 80.00 of the penal law shall be applicable to the sentence; or(d)
both the imprisonment and the fine.
Source:
Section 588 — Violations and penalties, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/PBH/588 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Oct. 26, 2024).
