NY Work Comp L § 24-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws WKC - Workers' Compensation Article 2 - Compensation 24-A - Representation Before the Workers' Compensation Board.

§  24-a.  Representation before the workers' compensation board. 1. No   person,   firm   or   corporation,   other   than   an   attorney    and   counsellor-at-law,  shall  appear  on  behalf  of any claimant or person   entitled to the benefits of  this  chapter,  before  the  board  or  any   officer, agent or employee of the board assigned to conduct any hearing,   investigation  or  inquiry  relative  to  a  claim  for  compensation or   benefits under this chapter, unless he or she shall be a citizen of  the   United  States  or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in   the United States, and shall have obtained  from  the  board  a  license   authorizing  him  or  her to appear in matters or proceedings before the   board. Such license shall be issued by the board in accordance with  the   rules  established  by it. Any person, firm or corporation violating the   aforesaid provisions shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The board, in its   rules, shall provide for the issuance of licenses to representatives  of   charitable  and  welfare organizations, and to associations who employ a   representative  to  appear  for  members  of  such   association,   upon   certification of the proper officer of such association or organization,   which licenses shall issue without charge; and may provide for a license   without  fee  in the case of all other persons, firms or corporations in   an amount to be fixed by said rules. The board shall have such tests  of   character  and fitness with respect to applicants for licenses, and such   rules governing the conduct of those licensed, as aforesaid, as  it  may   deem necessary.2. There shall be maintained in each office of the board a registry or   list  of  persons  to whom licenses have been issued as provided herein,   which list shall be  corrected  as  often  as  licenses  are  issued  or   revoked.  Absence  of  a  record  of a license issued as herein provided   shall be prima facie evidence that a person, firm or corporation is  not   licensed  to represent claimants. Any such license may be revoked by the   board, for cause, after a hearing before the board. No license hereunder   shall be issued for a period longer than three years from  the  date  of   its issuance.3. Refusal by any person to whom a license has been issued authorizing   him  to  appear on behalf of any claimant to answer, upon request of the   board, or other duly authorized  officer,  board  or  committee  of  the   state,  any  legal  question  or  to  produce any relevant book or paper   concerning his conduct under such  license,  shall  constitute  adequate   cause for revocation thereof.4.  Only  an attorney, or a representative licensed in accordance with   rules established by the board  pursuant  to  subdivisions  three-b  and   three-d  of  section fifty of this chapter, shall appear on behalf of an   employer or an insurance carrier regarding a claim for  compensation  or   any  benefits  under this chapter before the board or any officer, agent   or employee of the board assigned to conduct any hearing relative  to  a   claim for compensation or benefits under this chapter. The provisions of   this  subdivision  shall not apply to a designated regular employee of a   self-insured employer, or of an insurance carrier appearing on behalf of   his or her employer, but the board may prohibit the  appearance  of  any   such employee for cause.