New York § 4550 Admissibility of evidence related to legally protected health activity

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§ 4550 — Admissibility of evidence related to legally protected health activity

New York § 4550

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N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules § 4550 (2026).

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  § 4550. Admissibility of evidence related to legally protected health\nactivity. Evidence relating to the involvement of a party engaging in\nlegally protected health activity, as defined by section 570.17 of the\ncriminal procedure law shall not be offered against such party as\nevidence that such party has engaged in any wrongdoing, whether civil,\ncriminal, professional, or otherwise by virtue of engaging in such\nlegally protected health activity. Nothing in this section shall prevent\na party from offering such evidence in a proceeding that (i) sounds in\ntort or contract, (ii) is actionable, in an equivalent or similar\nmanner, under the laws of this state, and (iii) was brought by the\nperson who received reproductive health care or gender-affirming care,\nor the person's legal re

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§ 4550. Admissibility of evidence related to legally protected health\nactivity. Evidence relating to the involvement of a party engaging in\nlegally protected health activity, as defined by section 570.17 of the\ncriminal procedure law shall not be offered against such party as\nevidence that such party has engaged in any wrongdoing, whether civil,\ncriminal, professional, or otherwise by virtue of engaging in such\nlegally protected health activity. Nothing in this section shall prevent\na party from offering such evidence in a proceeding that (i) sounds in\ntort or contract, (ii) is actionable, in an equivalent or similar\nmanner, under the laws of this state, and (iii) was brought by the\nperson who received reproductive health care or gender-affirming care,\nor the person's legal representative in a manner consistent with\nsubparagraph (iii) of paragraph one of subdivision (g) of section three\nthousand one hundred nineteen of this chapter.\n