N.Y. Financial Services Law § 702: Prohibitions

§ 702. Prohibitions. A student debt consultant is prohibited from

doing the following:

(a) performing student debt consulting services without a legal

written, fully-executed contract with a borrower that comports with the

provisions of this article;

(b) charging for or accepting any payment for student debt consulting

services before the full completion of all such services, including a

payment to be placed in escrow or any other account pending the

completion of such services;

(c) taking a power of attorney from a borrower;

(d) retaining any original loan document or other original document

related to a borrower's student loan;

(e) requesting that a borrower provide his or her FSA ID to the

consultant, or accepting a borrower's FSA ID;

(f) stating or implying that a borrower will not be able to obtain

relief on their own;

(g) misrepresenting, expressly or by implication, that:

(1) the consultant is a part of, affiliated with, or endorsed or

sponsored by the government, government loan programs, the United States

department of education, or borrowers' student loan servicers; or

(2) some or all of a borrower's payments to the consultant will be

applied towards the borrower's student loans.

(h) inducing or attempting to induce a student debtor to enter a

contract that does not fully comply with the provisions of this article;

or

(i) engaging in any unfair, deceptive, or abusive act or practice.