{"id":"DUT-NY-001","kind":"duty","level":"state","jurisdiction":"New York","state":"NY","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2)","authority":"N.Y. Const. art. XVII, § 3 (protection and promotion of the health of the inhabitants of the state); police power of the State; Public Health Law of 1953 (L. 1953, ch. 879), as amended","instrument":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 12 (violations of health laws or regulations; penalties and injunctions)","title":"Violations of health laws or regulations; penalties and injunctions","dateIssued":"2029-04-01","effective":"standing; text in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"2029-04-01","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMER"],"addressees":["persons generally (\u0027any person\u0027), including every business and every owner or person in control of premises subject to a health order or regulation"],"clause":"any person who violates, disobeys or disregards any term or provision of this chapter or of any lawful notice, order or regulation pursuant thereto for which a civil penalty is not otherwise expressly prescribed by law, shall be liable to the people of the state for a civil penalty of not to exceed two thousand dollars for every such violation.","enforcement":"§ 12(1)(a): civil penalty not to exceed $2,000 for every violation; § 12(1)(b): up to $5,000 for a subsequent violation within twelve months that was a serious threat to health and safety; § 12(1)(c): up to $10,000 where the violation directly results in serious physical harm; § 12(2): recovered by action brought by the Commissioner in any court of competent jurisdiction","functions":[],"notes":"Every person to obey every provision of the Public Health Law and every lawful notice, order or regulation issued under it, on pain of a civil penalty of up to $2,000 per violation, up to $5,000 for a repeat violation within twelve months that was \u0027a serious threat to the health and safety of an individual or individuals,\u0027 and up to $10,000 where the violation \u0027directly results in serious physical harm.\u0027","sourceUrl":"https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._public_health_law_section_12","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20220307182839/https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._public_health_law_section_12","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":104573,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NY","url":"/library/DUT-NY-001","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NY-001","citation":"New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2), N.Y. Public Health Law § 12 (violations of health laws or regulations; penalties and injunctions) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NY-001)","stateName":"New York","related":["NY-003","NY-016","NY-008","DUT-NY-005","DUT-NY-007","DUT-NY-008","DUT-NY-009"]}