N.Y. Public Health Law § 4501: Medical referral service businesses prohibited

§ 4501. Medical referral service businesses prohibited. 1. No person,

firm, partnership, association or corporation, or agent or employee

thereof, shall engage in for profit any business or service which in

whole or in part includes the referral or recommendation of persons to a

physician, dentist, hospital, health related facility, or dispensary for

any form of medical or dental care or treatment of any ailment or

physical condition. The imposition of a fee or charge for any such

referral or recommendation shall create a presumption that the business

or service is engaged in for profit.

2. No physician, dentist, hospital, health related facility or

dispensary shall enter into a contract or other form of agreement to

accept for medical or dental care or treatment any person referred or

recommended for such care or treatment by a medical or dental referral

service business located in or doing business in another state if the

medical or dental referral service business would be prohibited under

this section if the business were located in or doing business in this

state.