N.Y. Education Law § 6510-d: Voluntary non-disciplinary surrender of a license

§ 6510-d. Voluntary non-disciplinary surrender of a license. A

professional who is licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-nine

of this title may voluntarily surrender a license to the committee on

drug and alcohol abuse when such licensee requests to be monitored

and/or receive peer support services in relation to the use, misuse or

addiction to drugs. The committee shall accept such voluntary

non-disciplinary surrender of a license and provide for expedited

reinstatement of the license if the licensee meets criteria set by the

committee. Such criteria will include, but not be limited to, confidence

that the licensee's use of drugs and/or alcohol has not resulted in harm

to a patient or client and the licensee is not incapacitated, unfit for

practice or a threat to the health, safety and welfare of the public.

Such voluntary surrender, if accepted by the committee, shall result in

an immediate reinstatement of the license and shall provide immunity

from a violation of subdivision three or four of section six thousand

five hundred nine of this article and cannot be deemed an admission or

used as evidence in professional misconduct. Acceptance by the committee

shall not require a report to the department of health or to any

employer or licensing authority of another jurisdiction, nor require any

disclosure to patients or to the public that such license has been

temporarily surrendered, except if it is subsequently determined by the

department that a participant being monitored by the department is found

to have used drugs and/or alcohol which has resulted in harm to a

patient or client.