N.Y. Education Law § 7004: Requirements for a professional license

§ 7004. Requirements for a professional license. To qualify for a

license as a podiatrist, an applicant shall fulfill the following

requirements:

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

(2) Education: have received an education, including a doctoral degree

in podiatry, in accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

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

accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

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

accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

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

(6) Citizenship: meet no requirements as to United States citizenship;

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

department; and

(8) Fees: pay a fee of two hundred twenty dollars to the department

for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial

license, a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for each reexamination, a

fee of one hundred thirty-five dollars for an initial license for

persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination,

and a fee of two hundred ten dollars for each triennial registration

period.

(9) Continuing education: In accordance with the requirements of

section sixty-five hundred two of the education law, at the time of

re-registration with the department, each applicant shall present

satisfactory evidence to the state board for podiatry that in the years

prior to the filing for re-registration he attended the education

programs conducted by the podiatry society of the state of New York or

the equivalent of such educational programs as approved by the state

board for podiatry in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.