2013 New York Consolidated Laws
WKC - Workers' Compensation
Article 7 - (110 - 137) Miscellaneous Provisions.
132 - Criminal prosecution; certifications

 
    §  132.  Criminal prosecution; certifications. 1. The attorney-general
  may prosecute every person charged with the  commission  of  a  criminal
  offense  in  violation  of  this  chapter, or of any rule, regulation or
  order made thereunder, or in  violation  of  the  laws  of  this  state,
  applicable  to  or  arising  out of any provision of this chapter or any
  rule, regulation or order made thereunder.
    2. Every check or draft issued directly  to  a  benefit  recipient  or
  provider  of health services in payment of a claim made pursuant to this
  chapter  shall  contain  a  printed  statement  on  the   reverse   side
  immediately   above   the  signature  line  for  the  first  endorsement
  indicating that in endorsing the check or draft for payment the  benefit
  recipient  or provider of health services is certifying that such person
  is entitled to such payment and that circumstances  which  would  affect
  entitlement to receive the payment have not changed. The statement shall
  be  in  a  form  prescribed  by  the  workers'  compensation board after
  consultation with the superintendent of financial services.
    3. The check or draft described in subdivision  two  of  this  section
  shall  be  claim forms within the meaning of section 176.00 of the penal
  law and subsection (d) of section four hundred three  of  the  insurance
  law.