N.Y. Education Law § 6502: Duration and registration of a license

§ 6502. Duration and registration of a license. 1. A license shall be

valid during the life of the holder unless revoked, annulled or

suspended by the board of regents or in the case of physicians,

physicians practicing under a limited permit, physician's assistants,

specialist's assistants and medical residents, the licensee is stricken

from the roster of such licensees by the board of regents on the order

of the state board for professional medical conduct in the department of

health. A licensee must register with the department and meet the

requirements prescribed in section 3-503 of the general obligations law

to practice in this state.

2. The department shall establish the beginning dates of the

registration periods for each profession and provide an application for

registration conforming to the requirements of section 3-503 of the

general obligations law to every licensee currently registered at least

four months prior to the beginning of the registration period for the

respective profession; provided however, the department shall mail an

application forty-five days prior to the end date of such registration

period to any licensee who has not registered.

3. An application for registration and the required registration fee

shall be submitted together with or as a part of the application for a

license. A person initially licensed or a licensee resuming practice

after a lapse of registration during the last two years of a triennial

registration period shall receive a prorated refund of one-third of the

total registration fee for each full year of the triennial period that

has elapsed prior to the date of registration. Except as provided in

subdivision three-a of this section, the department shall renew the

registration of each licensee upon receipt of a proper application, on a

form prescribed by the department and conforming to the requirements of

section 3-503 of the general obligations law, and the registration fee.

Any licensee who fails to register by the beginning of the appropriate

registration period shall be required to pay an additional fee for late

filing of ten dollars for each month that registration has been delayed.

No licensee resuming practice after a lapse of registration shall be

permitted to practice without actual possession of the registration

certificate.

3-a. Prior to issuing any registration pursuant to this section and

section sixty-five hundred twenty-four of this chapter, the department

shall request and review any information relating to an applicant which

reasonably appears to relate to professional misconduct in his or her

professional practice in this and any other jurisdiction. The department

shall advise the director of the office of professional medical conduct

in the department of health of any information about an applicant which

reasonably appears to be professional misconduct as defined in sections

sixty-five hundred thirty and sixty-five hundred thirty-one of this

chapter, within seven days of its discovery. The registration or

re-registration of such applicant shall not be delayed for a period

exceeding thirty days unless the director finds a basis for recommending

summary action pursuant to subdivision twelve of section two hundred

thirty of the public health law after consultation with a committee on

professional conduct of the state board for professional medical

conduct, if warranted. Re-registration shall be issued if the

commissioner of health fails to issue a summary order pursuant to

subdivision twelve of section two hundred thirty of the public health

law within ninety days of notice by the department pursuant to this

subdivision. Re-registration shall be denied if the commissioner of

health issues a summary order pursuant to subdivision twelve of section

two hundred thirty of the public health law.

4. Any licensee who is not engaging in the practice of his profession

in this state and does not desire to register shall so advise the

department. Such licensee shall not be required to pay an additional fee

for failure to register at the beginning of the registration period.

5. Licensees shall notify the department of any change of name or

mailing address within thirty days of such change. Failure to register

or provide such notice within one hundred eighty days of such change

shall be willful failure under section sixty-five hundred thirty of this

chapter.

6. The fee for replacement of a lost registration certificate or

license or for registration of an additional office shall be ten

dollars.

7. An additional fee of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for the

licensure or registration of any applicant who submits a bad check to

the department.