New York General Business Law Article 30 - HEALTH CLUB SERVICES

• 620 - Legislative Intent.
  1. The legislature finds that there exists in connection with a number of contracts for health club services, sales practices and business and financing methods...
• 621 - Definitions.
  1. "Contract for services." As used in this article, a contract for services means a contract for consumer services for instruction, training or assistance in...
• 622 - Escrow Required.
  All moneys received by a seller pursuant to a contract for services for use by a buyer of a health club prior to the full...
• 622-a - Bond, Letter of Credit or Certificate of Deposit Required.
  1. Every health club, except as provided in subdivision ten of this section, before it enters into any contract for services for use by a...
• 623 - Contract Restrictions.
  1. No contract for services shall require payment by the person receiving service or the use of the facilities of a total amount in excess...
• 624 - Rights of Cancellation of Contracts for Services.
  1. Every contract for services at a planned health club or a health club under construction shall, at the option of the buyer, be voidable...
• 625 - Assignment of Contracts for Services.
  1. No assignee who takes a note or other obligation as consideration for a contract containing the disclosure requirements of section six hundred twenty-four of...
• 626 - Deceptive Acts Prohibited.
  It is hereby declared to be an unfair and deceptive trade practice and unlawful for a seller to: 1. Misrepresent directly or indirectly in its...
• 627 - Contracts Void and Unenforceable.
  1. Any contract for services which does not comply with the applicable provisions of this article shall be void and unenforceable as contrary to public...
• 627-a - Automated External Defibrillator Requirements.
  1. Every health club as defined under paragraph b of subdivision one of section three thousand-d of the public health law whose membership is five...
• 628 - Private Right of Action.
  1. Any buyer damaged by a violation of this article may bring an action for recovery of damages. Judgment may be entered in an amount...
• 629 - Violations.
  1. Any seller or his assignees who violate any provision of this article, or who shall counsel, aid or abet such violation shall be liable...
• 630 - Enforcement.
  In addition to the remedies hereinbefore provided, the attorney general may bring an action on behalf of the people of the state to restrain further...
• 631 - Preemption.
  A political subdivision, otherwise authorized, may enact a local law, identical to the provisions of this article, to enable local enforcement of the provisions of...

Last modified: February 3, 2019