N.Y. Public Health Law § 12-b: Wilful violation of health laws

§ 12-b. Wilful violation of health laws. 1. A person who wilfully

violates or refuses or omits to comply with any lawful order or

regulation prescribed by any local board of health or local health

officer, is guilty of a misdemeanor; except, however, that where such

order or regulation applies to a tenant with respect to his own dwelling

unit or to an owner occupied one or two family dwelling, such person is

guilty of an offense for the first violation punishable by a fine not to

exceed fifty dollars and for a second or subsequent violation is guilty

of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars

or by imprisonment not to exceed six months or by both such fine and

imprisonment.

* 2. A person who wilfully violates any provision of this chapter, or

any regulation lawfully made or established by any public officer or

board under authority of this chapter, the punishment for violating

which is not otherwise prescribed by this chapter or any other law, is

punishable by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not

exceeding ten thousand dollars or by both. Effective on and after April

first, two thousand eight the comptroller is hereby authorized and

directed to deposit amounts collected in excess of two thousand dollars

per violation to the patient safety center account to be used for

purposes of the patient safety center created by title two of article

twenty-nine-D of this chapter.

* NB Effective until April 1, 2029

* 2. A person who wilfully violates any provision of this chapter, or

any regulation lawfully made or established by any public officer or

board under authority of this chapter, the punishment for violating

which is not otherwise prescribed by this chapter or any other law, is

punishable by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not

exceeding two thousand dollars or by both.

* NB Effective April 1, 2029