N.Y. Education Law § 6506: Supervision by the board of regents

§ 6506. Supervision by the board of regents. The board of regents

shall supervise the admission to and the practice of the professions. In

supervising, the board of regents may:

(1) Promulgate rules, except that no rule shall be promulgated

concerning article 131-A of this chapter;

(2) Establish by rule, high school, preprofessional, professional and

other educational qualifications required for licensing in the

professions regulated by this title;

(3) Charter schools offering educational programs for the professions

regulated by this title, and no such school shall operate in this state

without such a charter, except Columbia University, any school chartered

by special act of the legislature prior to September one, nineteen

hundred seventy-one, and schools specifically authorized to conduct such

programs by the regents;

(4) Appoint such committees as it deems necessary and compensate

members of such committees who are not members of the board of regents

or the department up to one hundred dollars per day for each day devoted

to committee functions, together with their necessary expenses;

(5) Waive education, experience and examination requirements for a

professional license prescribed in the article relating to the

profession, provided the board of regents shall be satisfied that the

requirements of such article have been substantially met;

(6) Indorse a license issued by a licensing board of another state or

country upon the applicant fulfilling the following requirements:

(a) Application: file an application with the department;

(b) Education: meet educational requirements in accordance with the

commissioner's regulations;

(c) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in

accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

(d) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in

accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

(e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;

(f) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a

noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United

States;

(g) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the

department; and

(h) Prior professional conduct: where an application is submitted for

licensure endorsement in any profession regulated by this title and the

board of regents determines that while engaged in practice in another

jurisdiction the applicant: (i) has been subject to disciplinary action

by a duly authorized professional disciplinary agency of such other

jurisdiction, where the conduct upon which the disciplinary action was

based would, if committed in New York state, constitute practicing the

profession beyond its authorized scope, with gross incompetence, with

gross negligence on a particular occasion, or with negligence or

incompetence on more than one occasion under the laws of New York state,

or (ii) has voluntarily or otherwise surrendered his or her professional

license in another jurisdiction after a disciplinary action was

instituted by a duly authorized professional disciplinary agency of such

other jurisdiction, based on conduct that would, if committed in New

York state, constitute practicing the profession beyond its authorized

scope, with gross incompetence, with gross negligence on a particular

occasion, or with negligence or incompetence on more than one occasion

under the laws of New York state, the board of regents shall evaluate

the conduct and may deny licensure endorsement to the applicant based on

such conduct;

(7) Direct the department to remedy any error, omission, delay or

other circumstance in the issuance or registration of a license;

(8) Designate a professional conduct officer, who shall be the chief

administrative officer of the office of the professions, or his

designee, in connection with professional licensing and misconduct

proceedings and criminal matters, such officer to be empowered to issue

subpoenas and administer oaths in connection with such proceedings;

(9) Establish by rule, standards of conduct with respect to

advertising, fee splitting, practicing under a name other than that of

the individual licensee (when not specifically authorized), proper use

of academic or professional degrees or titles tending to imply

professional status, and such other ethical practices as such board

shall deem necessary, except that no rule shall be established

concerning article 131-A of this chapter; and

(10) Delegate to department officers the disposition of any licensing

matters pursuant to rules.