What can a practitioner in New York be disciplined for?
Enforcement · part of The Practice Perimeter
Short answer
For the enumerated professional-misconduct grounds in the medicine article — including practicing with negligence on more than one occasion, incompetence on more than one occasion, and permitting or aiding an unlicensed person to perform licensed activities.
Physicians face discipline across an enumerated list of professional-misconduct grounds, which includes negligence on more than one occasion, incompetence on more than one occasion, and permitting or aiding an unlicensed person to perform activities requiring a license.
N.Y. Educ. Law §6530 · verified Aug 17, 2026 · regulatory monitoring, not legal advice
The rest of what New York says on this
On a finding of professional misconduct the state Board for Professional Medical Conduct may censure and reprimand, suspend the license wholly or partly, limit it to a specified area or type of practice, revoke or annul it, impose a fine of up to $10,000 upon each specification of charges, and require up to 500 hours of public service.
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 230-a · verified Sep 2, 2026 · read at Public.Law — New York Consolidated Laws
Practicing, offering to practice, or holding oneself out as able to practice a licensed profession without authorization — or aiding or abetting an unlicensed person to practice — is a class E felony.
N.Y. Educ. Law §6512(1) · verified Aug 17, 2026
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