N.Y. Education Law § 7006: Special provision

§ 7006. Special provision. 1. No corporation, except a hospital

corporation authorized under article forty-three of the insurance law or

a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of New

York which, on or before the first day of March, nineteen hundred

forty-two, was legally incorporated to practice podiatry, shall practice

podiatry, and then only through licensed podiatrists and shall conform

to board of regents rules. No corporation organized to practice podiatry

shall change its name or sell its franchise or transfer its corporate

rights directly or indirectly, by transfer of capital stock control or

otherwise, to any person or to another corporation without permission

from the department and any corporation so changing its name or so

transferring its franchise or corporate rights without such permission

or found guilty of violating a board of regents rule shall be deemed to

have forfeited its right to exist and shall be dissolved by a proceeding

brought by the attorney general.

2. Any manufacturer or merchant may sell, advertise, fit, or adjust

proprietary foot remedies, arch supports, corrective foot appliances or

shoes.

3. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special

or local law, any licensed podiatrist who voluntarily and without the

expectation of monetary compensation renders first aid or emergency

treatment at the scene of an accident or other emergency, outside of a

hospital or any other place having proper and necessary medical

equipment, to a person who is unconscious, ill or injured shall not be

liable for damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by such

person or for damages for the death of such person alleged to have

occurred by reason of an act or omission in the rendering of such first

aid or emergency treatment unless it is established that such injuries

were or such death was caused by gross negligence on the part of such

podiatrist. Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed or construed to

relieve a licensed podiatrist from liability for damages for injuries or

death caused by an act or omission on the part of a podiatrist while

rendering professional services in the normal and ordinary course of

practice.

4. An unlicensed person may provide supportive services to a

podiatrist incidental to and concurrent with such podiatrist personally

performing a service or procedure. Nothing in this subdivision shall be

construed to allow an unlicensed person to provide any service which

constitutes the practice of podiatry as defined in this article. An

unlicensed person providing supportive services to a podiatrist may

operate radiographic equipment under direct supervision for the sole

purpose of foot radiography provided that such person completes a course

of study acceptable to the department in consultation with the

department of health.