N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 2122

§ 2122. Communicable diseases; disorderly committed patients;\ncommitment to penal institution. 1. Any person who has been committed to\na hospital or institution pursuant to the provisions of section two\nthousand one hundred twenty of this chapter, who thereafter wilfully\nviolates the rules and regulations of the institution or repeatedly\nconducts himself in a disorderly manner may be taken before a magistrate\nby the order of the chief medical officer of the institution.\n 2. The chief medical officer of the institution may enter a complaint\nagainst such person for disorderly conduct and the magistrate, after a\nhearing and upon sufficient evidence of such disorderly conduct, may\ncommit such person for a period not to exceed six months to any\ninstitution to which persons convicted of disorderly conduct, vagrancy\nor similar violations are committed.\n 3. The authorities of the institution to which such person is\ncommitted by the magistrate pursuant to the provisions of this section\nshall keep such person separate and apart from the other incarcerated\nindividuals.\n