§ 6506 — Supervision by the board of regents

New York § 6506

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law EDN: Education
• Title 8: The Professions
• Art. 130*: General Provisions

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§ 6506. Supervision by the board of regents. The board of regents\nshall supervise the admission to and the practice of the professions. In\nsupervising, the board of regents may:\n (1) Promulgate rules, except that no rule shall be promulgated\nconcerning article 131-A of this chapter;\n (2) Establish by rule, high school, preprofessional, professional and\nother educational qualifications required for licensing in the\nprofessions regulated by this title;\n (3) Charter schools offering educational programs for the professions\nregulated by this title, and no such school shall operate in this state\nwithout such a charter, except Columbia University, any school chartered\nby special act of the legislature prior to September one, nineteen\nhundred seventy-one, and schools specifically authorized to conduct such\nprograms by the regents;\n (4) Appoint such committees as it deems necessary and compensate\nmembers of such committees who are not members of the board of regents\nor the department up to one hundred dollars per day for each day devoted\nto committee functions, together with their necessary expenses;\n (5) Waive education, experience and examination requirements for a\nprofessional license prescribed in the article relating to the\nprofession, provided the board of regents shall be satisfied that the\nrequirements of such article have been substantially met;\n (6) Indorse a license issued by a licensing board of another state or\ncountry upon the applicant fulfilling the following requirements:\n (a) Application: file an application with the department;\n (b) Education: meet educational requirements in accordance with the\ncommissioner's regulations;\n (c) Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n (d) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n (e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;\n (f) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a\nnoncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United\nStates;\n (g) Character: be of good moral character as determined by the\ndepartment; and\n (h) Prior professional conduct: where an application is submitted for\nlicensure endorsement in any profession regulated by this title and the\nboard of regents determines that while engaged in practice in another\njurisdiction the applicant: (i) has been subject to disciplinary action\nby a duly authorized professional disciplinary agency of such other\njurisdiction, where the conduct upon which the disciplinary action was\nbased would, if committed in New York state, constitute practicing the\nprofession beyond its authorized scope, with gross incompetence, with\ngross negligence on a particular occasion, or with negligence or\nincompetence on more than one occasion under the laws of New York state,\nor (ii) has voluntarily or otherwise surrendered his or her professional\nlicense in another jurisdiction after a disciplinary action was\ninstituted by a duly authorized professional disciplinary agency of such\nother jurisdiction, based on conduct that would, if committed in New\nYork state, constitute practicing the profession beyond its authorized\nscope, with gross incompetence, with gross negligence on a particular\noccasion, or with negligence or incompetence on more than one occasion\nunder the laws of New York state, the board of regents shall evaluate\nthe conduct and may deny licensure endorsement to the applicant based on\nsuch conduct;\n (7) Direct the department to remedy any error, omission, delay or\nother circumstance in the issuance or registration of a license;\n (8) Designate a professional conduct officer, who shall be the chief\nadministrative officer of the office of the professions, or his\ndesignee, in connection with professional licensing and misconduct\nproceedings and criminal matters, such officer to be empowered to issue\nsubpoenas and administer oaths in connection with such proceedings;\n (9) Establish by rule, standards of conduct with respect to\nadvertising, fee splitting, practicing under a name other than that of\nthe individual licensee (when not specifically authorized), proper use\nof academic or professional degrees or titles tending to imply\nprofessional status, and such other ethical practices as such board\nshall deem necessary, except that no rule shall be established\nconcerning article 131-A of this chapter; and\n (10) Delegate to department officers the disposition of any licensing\nmatters pursuant to rules.\n