N.Y. Arts and Cultural Affairs Law § 61.11

§ 61.11. Fingerprinting employees of public galleries, museums,\nhospitals, medical colleges affiliated with hospitals and private\nproprietary hospitals. The trustees or board of managers of a public\ngallery of art or museum housing valuable objects of art, precious\nmetals or precious stones, or the trustees or board of managers of a\nlegally incorporated hospital, supported in whole or in part by public\nfunds or private endowment, or the trustees or board of managers of a\nmedical college affiliated with such a hospital or the governing body of\na private proprietary hospital may, as a condition of securing\nemployment or of continuing employment, require that all of its\nemployees be fingerprinted. Such fingerprints shall be submitted to the\ndivision of criminal justice services for a state criminal history\nrecord check, as defined in subdivision one of section three thousand\nthirty-five of the education law, and may be submitted to the federal\nbureau of investigation for a national criminal history record check.\n