NY Gen Bus L § 408 (2021)
2021 New York Laws GBS - General Business Article 27 - Licensing of Nail Specialty, Natural Hair Styling, Esthetics and Cosmetology 408 - Licenses; Display; Renewal; Duplicates.

§  408.  Licenses; display; renewal; duplicates. 1. All licenses shall   expire four years from the date of issuance.2. No license shall be assignable or transferrable except pursuant  to   the provisions of this article.3.  An  appearance  enhancement business license may be assigned. When   the appearance enhancement business  licensee  is  a  partnership  or  a   limited liability company, or a corporation, the license may be assigned   upon  the  consent  of all members of a partnership or a majority of the   voting  members  of  a  limited  liability  company  or   the   majority   shareholders  of  a  corporation, respectively. The application for such   transfer or assignment must be accompanied by proof satisfactory to  the   department  that  the  requirements  herein  provided have been complied   with. No assignment or transfer shall become effective unless and  until   the  endorsement  has  been  made  on  the  face  of  the license by the   department and such license, as  endorsed,  has  been  returned  to  the   assignee  or  transferee.  All  such  requests for endorsements shall be   accompanied by a five dollar fee. A bona fide purchaser  of  a  licensed   appearance  enhancement  business may continue to use the license of the   seller for a period of thirty days from the date of the  sale,  provided   there  is  endorsed  on  the face thereof the name of the purchaser, the   date of the sale, and the signatures of the seller  and  the  purchaser;   and  provided further within five working days from the date of the sale   an application, in accordance with the provisions of this article, shall   be presented by  the  purchaser  to  the  secretary  for  an  appearance   enhancement business license.4.  An appearance enhancement business license issued to an individual   or to a partnership  may  be  used  after  the  death  of  the  licensed   individual   or  co-partner  by  the  next  of  kin  or  duly  appointed   administrator or executor in the name of the estate for a period of  not   more  than  one  hundred  twenty  days  from  the  date of death of such   individual or co-partner provided that there is endorsed upon  the  face   of  the  license  certificate  after  the  name of the decedent the word   "deceased", the date  of  death  and  the  name  of  the  next  of  kin,   administrator  or  executor  under  whose authority the license is being   used; the period of one hundred twenty days aforesaid  may  be  extended   upon  application to the secretary of state and for good cause shown for   an additional period not to exceed one hundred twenty days. Any  license   so continued which shall expire during such period of one hundred twenty   days  or  the  extension  thereof  may  be  renewed  by the next of kin,   administrator or  executor  for  the  balance  of  such  period  or  the   extension thereof.5.  A  license  certificate  issued  pursuant to this article shall be   posted in some conspicuous place in the  licensed  premises  or  in  the   place  where  the  practice  of  an occupation licensed pursuant to this   article is conducted. At the entrance to each licensed  premises  or  at   the  entrance  to any place where the practice of an occupation licensed   pursuant to this article is conducted, a  sign  shall  be  posted  which   shall  include  the  rules and regulations governing such practice and a   manner in which aggrieved persons may  register  a  complaint  with  the   department.  The  department shall prepare and furnish such sign to each   licensee.6. Any license, which has not been suspended or revoked, may, upon the   payment of the renewal fee, be renewed for additional  periods  of  four   years from its application, without further examination, upon the filing   of  an  application  for such renewal, on a form to be prescribed by the   secretary.  When  an  applicant  seeks  to  renew  their  license,   the   department  shall  notify  applicants of voluntary domestic violence and    sexual assault awareness education courses that can be accessed  through   the department's website.7. Any person failing to file for renewal of a license pursuant to the   provisions  of  this  article  within one year immediately following the   expiration of such person's last license shall pay an additional fee  of   ten  dollars,  and  if such person fails to file application and fee for   renewal within five years, such person  shall  be  ineligible  for  such   license until such person shall have again passed an examination.8.  A  duplicate  license  certificate  may  be  issued  for one lost,   destroyed  or  mutilated  upon  the  application  therefor  on  a   form   prescribed  by  the  secretary  and  the  payment  of the fee prescribed   therefor by this article. Each such duplicate  license  shall  have  the   word "duplicate" stamped across the face thereof and shall bear the same   number as the one it replaces.9. Notice in writing shall be given the secretary at the office of the   secretary  in Albany by the holder of an appearance enhancement business   license of any change of address. The licensee shall correct the address   on the license upon the filing of such notice.10. Any licensee who fails to file any notice of change in the  status   of a license required by the provisions of this article shall be subject   to  the  monetary  fines  set  forth in section four hundred ten of this   article.11. Such  license  certificate  shall  contain  a  photograph  of  the   licensee  and  the  licensee's name. Nowhere on the license shall be the   address of the licensee.