S 10286 NY
Requires reporting of a criminal conviction and sentence of a physician
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Summary
This bill requires courts in New York to report criminal convictions and sentences of licensed physicians, physician assistants, and specialist assistants to the office of professional medical conduct within twenty-four hours of sentencing. The bill also requires the Department of Health to update a physician's publicly available online profile with criminal conviction and sentence information within forty-eight hours of receipt from the court. These provisions establish accelerated reporting and public disclosure timelines for criminal convictions involving medical professionals compared to the previous thirty-day update period for other profile changes. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment.
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Official abstract
Requires the reporting of sentences of certain medical professionals to the office of professional medical conduct within twenty-four hours; requires the department of health to disseminate a criminal conviction and sentence of a physician within forty-eight hours of receipt.
Sponsor (1)
- Andrew Gounardes Democratic · primary
Action history (1)
- May 11, 2026 REFERRED TO CODES · upper
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  SPONSOR GOUNARDES   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §380.85, CP L; amd §2995-a, Pub Health L   Requires the reporting of sentences of certain medical professionals to the office of professional medical conduct within twenty-four hours; requires the department of health to disseminate a criminal conviction and sentence of a physician within forty-eight hours of receipt.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10286
IN SENATE
May 11, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the criminal procedure law, in relation to reporting certain convictions and sentences to the office of professional medical conduct within twenty-four hours; and to amend the public health law, in relation to requiring the department to disseminate a criminal conviction and criminal sentence of a physician within forty-eight hours of receipt
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 380.85 of the criminal procedure law, as added by 2 chapter 477 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 380.85 Reporting sentences to office of professional medical conduct; 4 licensed physician, physician assistant, or specialist 5 assistant. 6 Whenever a person who is a licensed physician, physician assistant, or 7 specialist assistant or a physician who is practicing under a limited 8 permit or as a medical resident is sentenced for a crime, the court that 9 has sentenced such person shall deliver a copy of the certificate of 10 conviction and provide notification of the conviction and sentence to 11 the office of professional medical conduct within twenty-four hours . 12 § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 2995-a of the public health law, as 13 amended by section 3 of part A of chapter 57 of the laws of 2015, is 14 amended to read as follows: 15 9. (a) The department shall, in addition to hard copy physician 16 profiles, provide for electronic access to and copying of physician 17 profiles developed pursuant to this section through the system commonly 18 known as the Internet. The department shall update a physician's online 19 profile within thirty days of receipt of a completed physician profile 20 survey or any change in profile information. 21 (b) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, 22 the department shall update a physician's online profile within forty- 23 eight hours of receipt of a copy of a certificate of conviction pursuant 24 to section 380.85 of the criminal procedure law. 25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06349-03-6
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