{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-14","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 14","heading":"Actions against persons rendering professional services at the request of the department; defense and indemnification","body":"§ 14. Actions against persons rendering professional services at the\nrequest of the department; defense and indemnification. The provisions\nof section seventeen of the public officers law shall apply to any\nphysician, dentist, nurse or other health care professional who: (i) is\nlicensed to practice pursuant to article one hundred thirty-one, one\nhundred thirty-one-B, one hundred thirty-three, one hundred thirty-six,\none hundred thirty-seven, one hundred thirty-nine, one hundred\nforty-three, one hundred fifty-six, one hundred fifty-seven, one hundred\nfifty-nine or one hundred sixty-four of the education law and who is\nrendering professional treatment or consultation in connection with\nprofessional treatment authorized under such license at the request of\nthe department, or at a departmental facility, including clinical\npractice provided pursuant to a clinical practice plan established\npursuant to subdivision fourteen of section two hundred six of this\nchapter, to patients receiving care or professional consultation from\nthe department while rendering such professional treatment or\nconsultation; (ii) is rendering consultation in connection with an audit\nor prepayment review of claims or treatment requests under the medical\nassistance program; or (iii) assists the department as consultants or\nexpert witnesses in the investigation or prosecution of alleged\nviolations of article twenty-eight, thirty-six, forty-four or\nforty-seven of this chapter or rules and regulations adopted pursuant\nthereto.","path":["Public Health Law","Article 1. Short Title and Definitions: General Provisions","Title 2. General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PBH/14","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"8d2584c51c46fbe2d76b7a5379ceffd305ed4621bcef2ba0445303fc1559d213","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-13","next":"us-ny/n.y.-public-health-law-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}