{"id":"DUT-NY-002","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; police power; L. 1953, ch. 879, as amended","instrument":"N.Y. Public Health Law § 12-b (wilful violation of health laws)","title":"Wilful violation of health laws","dateIssued":"","effective":"standing; text in force throughout March 2020 to September 2021","end":"standing","startDate":"","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["DUTY","EMER"],"addressees":["persons generally; businesses and owners or persons in control of premises subject to a health order or regulation"],"clause":"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... 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... is punishable by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or by both.","enforcement":"§ 12-b(1): misdemeanor (with a reduced first-offense penalty only for a tenant\u0027s own dwelling unit or an owner-occupied one- or two-family dwelling); § 12-b(2): imprisonment not exceeding one year, or a fine not exceeding $10,000, or both","functions":[],"notes":"Every person to comply with every lawful order or regulation of a local board of health or health officer (misdemeanor for wilful refusal) and with every provision of the Public Health Law and every regulation under it (up to one year\u0027s imprisonment or a $10,000 fine, or both, for wilful violation), the criminal provision that EO 202.14 made the penalty for violating the Governor\u0027s COVID-19 directives.","sourceUrl":"https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._public_health_law_section_12-b","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20220307182846/https://newyork.public.law/laws/n.y._public_health_law_section_12-b","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":94683,"grade":"primary","character":"order_penalty","description":"","collection":"DUT-NY","url":"/library/DUT-NY-002","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/DUT-NY-002","citation":"New York State Legislature (Public Health Law, article 1, title 2), N.Y. Public Health Law § 12-b (wilful violation of health laws) (standing) (Ex. DUT-NY-002)","stateName":"New York","related":["NY-016","DUT-NY-007","DUT-NY-008"]}