§ 641. Weight loss services and products. For the purposes of this article: 1. “Weight loss services” shall mean counseling and educational activities, including, but not limited to, recommending the use of weight loss products, which have the primary purpose of helping individuals reduce body weight. Weight loss services does not include providing information to […]
§ 642. Weight loss services; notice. 1. Any person, firm or corporation offering weight loss services or weight loss services and products in this state by means of selling or offering to sell such services or products to the public shall either (i) conspicuously post a sign, measuring at least nine inches by fourteen inches, […]
§ 643. Deceptive practices. It shall be a deceptive trade practice for any person, firm or corporation offering or providing weight loss services or weight loss products to misrepresent, directly or indirectly: 1. the potential health risks of the weight loss services or products offered; 2. the success of participants using the weight loss services […]
§ 644. Local regulation. Nothing in this article shall be construed to restrict the power of any county, city, town or village to adopt and enforce local laws, ordinances or regulations which exceed the minimum requirements of this article, as long as such local laws, ordinances or regulations are not inconsistent with the provisions of […]
§ 645. Penalties. Each day a person, firm or corporation violates any provision of this article shall constitute a single violation. Whenever there shall be a violation of this article, an application may be made by the attorney general in the name of the people of the state of New York to a court or […]
