§ 3507 — Registration

§ 3507. Registration. 1. A license shall be valid during the life of\nthe holder unless revoked, annulled or suspended by the commissioner. A\npracticing licensee must register with the department.\n 2. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are\nnecessary to effectuate the provisions of this section including, but\nnot limited to, establishing staggered registration periods and the\nbeginning dates thereof; assigning licensees to specific registration\nperiods through appropriate classification or grouping; setting deadline\ndates for making application for registration; prescribing the form and\ncontent of the certificate of registration; and establishing other\nreasonable requirements, including appropriate proration of registration\nfees.\n 3. A person licensed under this article must register with the\ndepartment prior to commencing practice. The department shall register\neach licensee who submits an application on a form prescribed by the\ncommissioner and who pays a registration fee of twenty dollars per year.\n 4. Any licensee authorized to practice under this article, undertaking\npractice for the first time or resuming practice after a voluntary lapse\nof registration, may commence practice upon mailing to the department\nthe proper application for registration together with the required fee,\nprovided, however, that such practice without actual possession of the\ncertificate of registration is limited to thirty days. Any such licensee\nwhose application for registration is submitted subsequent to the\nbeginning of the registration period applicable to such licensee shall\nonly be required to pay one-half of the fee if the registration period\nis less than one-half the whole thereof.\n 5. Upon receipt of satisfactory evidence that a certificate of\nregistration has been lost, mutilated or destroyed, the department may\nissue a duplicate certificate upon such terms and conditions as the\ncommissioner shall prescribe.\n 6. The department may waive registration fees for a licensee who\nregisters after an elapsed period under the following circumstances:\n (a) the registration period has expired; and\n (b) the licensee provides the department with a notarized statement\nattesting to the fact that the licensee has not practiced within this\nstate during the elapsed registration period.\n 7. The department may require that licensees provide proof of\ncompletion of continuing education credits for registration of their\nlicense or intravenous contrast administration certificate in accordance\nwith the commissioner's regulations.\n