STATE OF NEW YORK
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6704
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 12, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to the forgery of immuniza-
tion records
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 170.10 of the penal law is amended
2 and a new subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
3 5. A prescription of a duly licensed physician or other person author-
4 ized to issue the same for any drug or any instrument or device used in
5 the taking or administering of drugs for which a prescription is
6 required by law[.]; or
7 6. An immunization record produced by a federal, state or local
8 government health organization indicating that an individual has
9 received immunizations as stated therein, including but not limited to
10 the COVID-19 vaccination record card approved by the U.S. centers for
11 disease control.
12 § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 170.15 of the penal law is amended and a
13 new subdivision 3 is added to read as follows:
14 2. Part of an issue of stock, bonds or other instruments representing
15 interests in or claims against a corporate or other organization or its
16 property[.]; or
17 3. Fifty or more immunization records produced by a federal, state or
18 local government health organization indicating that an individual has
19 received immunizations as stated therein, including but not limited to
20 the COVID-19 vaccination record card approved by the U.S. centers for
21 disease control.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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