N.Y. Public Health Law § 14: Actions against persons rendering professional services at the request of the department; defense and indemnification

§ 14. Actions against persons rendering professional services at the

request of the department; defense and indemnification. The provisions

of section seventeen of the public officers law shall apply to any

physician, dentist, nurse or other health care professional who: (i) is

licensed to practice pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one, one

hundred thirty-one-B, one hundred thirty-three, one hundred thirty-six,

one hundred thirty-seven, one hundred thirty-nine, one hundred

forty-three, one hundred fifty-six, one hundred fifty-seven, one hundred

fifty-nine or one hundred sixty-four of the education law and who is

rendering professional treatment or consultation in connection with

professional treatment authorized under such license at the request of

the department, or at a departmental facility, including clinical

practice provided pursuant to a clinical practice plan established

pursuant to subdivision fourteen of section two hundred six of this

chapter, to patients receiving care or professional consultation from

the department while rendering such professional treatment or

consultation; (ii) is rendering consultation in connection with an audit

or prepayment review of claims or treatment requests under the medical

assistance program; or (iii) assists the department as consultants or

expert witnesses in the investigation or prosecution of alleged

violations of article twenty-eight, thirty-six, forty-four or

forty-seven of this chapter or rules and regulations adopted pursuant

thereto.