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New York Consolidated Laws, Public Health Law - PBH § 588. Violations and penalties

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

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 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 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.

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