§  588.  Violations  and  penalties.  1. Any health services purveyor,
clinical laboratory, or any agent, employee or  fiduciary  of  a  health
services  purveyor or clinical laboratory who violates the provisions of
section five hundred eighty-six of this title, or any rule or regulation
adopted pursuant thereto, is guilty of a class A misdemeanor  and  shall
be punishable in accordance with the provisions of the penal law.
  2.  Any  health  services purveyor, clinical laboratory, or any agent,
employee  or  fiduciary  of  a  health  services  purveyor  or  clinical
laboratory   who   violates  the  provisions  of  section  five  hundred
eighty-seven of this title, or any rule or regulation  adopted  pursuant
thereto, is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punishable by:
  (a) a term of imprisonment in accordance with the penal law; or
  (b)  a  fine  of  not less than five hundred dollars nor more than ten
thousand dollars; or
  (c) if the defendant has gained money or property through a  violation
of  the  provisions  of  this section, a fine in an amount, fixed by the
court, not to exceed double the amount of the defendant's  gain  from  a
violation   of  such  provisions.  In  such  event,  the  provisions  of
subdivision three of section 80.00 of the penal law shall be  applicable
to the sentence; or
  (d) both the imprisonment and the fine.