N.Y. Education Law § 6514: Criminal proceedings

§ 6514. Criminal proceedings. 1. All alleged violations of sections

sixty-five hundred twelve or sixty-five hundred thirteen of this article

shall be reported to the department which shall cause an investigation

to be instituted. All alleged violations of section sixty-five hundred

thirty-one of the education law shall be reported to the department of

health which shall cause an investigation to be instituted. If the

investigation substantiates that violations exist, such violations shall

be reported to the attorney general with a request for prosecution.

2. The attorney general shall prosecute such alleged offenses in the

name of the state, provided, however, in the event of alleged violations

of article one hundred fifty-five of this title, a district attorney may

prosecute such alleged offenses in the name of the state provided,

however, that any district attorney may prosecute such offenses where

they are incidental to a criminal prosecution instituted by him under

other statutes.

3. All criminal courts having jurisdiction over misdemeanors are

hereby empowered to hear, try and determine alleged violations under

this title, which constitute misdemeanors, without indictment and to

impose applicable punishment of fines or imprisonments or both. It shall

be necessary to prove in any prosecution under this title only a single

prohibited act or a single holding out without proving a general course

of conduct.

4. A proceeding before a committee on professional conduct shall not

be deemed to be a criminal proceeding within the meaning of this

section.