New York Labor Law Section 201-A - Fingerprinting of employees prohibited.

201-a. Fingerprinting of employees prohibited. Except as otherwise provided by law, no person, as a condition of securing employment or of continuing employment, shall be required to be fingerprinted. This provision shall not apply to employees of the state or any municipal subdivisions or departments thereof, or to the employees of legally incorporated hospitals, supported in whole or in part by public funds or private endowment, or to the employees of medical colleges affiliated with such hospitals or to employees of private proprietary hospitals.


Last modified: February 3, 2019