New York Laws > Public Health > Article 5 > Title 6 – Laboratory Business Practices
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§ 585 | Definitions |
§ 586 | Payment for services |
§ 587 | Prohibited practices |
§ 588 | Violations and penalties |
Terms Used In New York Laws > Public Health > Article 5 > Title 6 - Laboratory Business Practices
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
- Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Health services purveyor: means any person, firm, partnership, group, association, corporation or professional corporation, or any agent, employee, fiduciary, employer or representative thereof, including but not limited to a physician, dentist, podiatrist or chiropractor, either in individual practice, group practice or employed in a facility owned by any person, group, association, firm, partnership or corporation hiring any of the aforementioned practitioners, who provide health or health related services. See N.Y. Public Health Law 585
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.