NY Civ Serv L § 58-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 4 - Recruitment of Personnel Title A - Examinations and Eligible Lists 58-A - Requirements for Provisional or Permanent Appointment of Certain Fire Fighters.

§ 58-a. Requirements  for  provisional  or  permanent  appointment  of certain fire fighters. 1. Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  this law  or  any  general,  special  or local law to the contrary, no person shall be eligible  for  provisional  or  permanent  appointment  in  the competitive  class  of  the civil service as a fire fighter unless he or she shall satisfy the  basic  requirements  for  education,  health  and physical fitness established by the state fire administrator pursuant to section one hundred fifty-eight of the executive law.   2.  Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, upon the request of a municipal commission having  jurisdiction  over  a fire  department  and  upon a showing by such municipal commission and a determination  by  the  state  commission  that  aggravated  recruitment difficulties  are  causing  a  serious shortage of fire fighters in such fire department and that such municipal commission and  all  appropriate authorities  are  making diligent efforts, including payment of adequate compensation, to  overcome  such  recruitment  difficulties,  the  state commission,  with  the  approval  of  the  state fire administrator, may change the educational, health and  physical  fitness  requirements  for provisional  and  permanent  appointment  as a fire fighter in such fire department for a period not exceeding two years from the  date  of  such determination.  Such  changes may be authorized for an additional period not exceeding two years, upon a showing and a determination  similar  to that required hereunder for the original authorization.   3.  The provisions of this section shall not prevent the establishment of  more  restrictive  local  requirements  for  eligibility  for   fire fighters.   4.  For  the purposes of this section fire fighter means a member of a fire department whose duties include fire service  as  the  phrase  fire service is defined in paragraph d of subdivision eleven of section three hundred two of the retirement and social security law.   5.  Any  person  whose name was on an eligible list for appointment in the competitive class of the civil service as a fire fighter on the date educational, health and physical fitness requirements for fire  fighters are  promulgated by the state fire administrator pursuant to section one hundred fifty-eight of the  executive  law,  shall  continue  to  remain eligible  for  appointment  from  such list during the life of such list without satisfying such requirements provided he or she would  otherwise have  remained  eligible  for appointment from such list if this section had not been enacted.   6. The provisions of this section shall not apply to appointments made by any county, city, town, village or fire district which  employs  five or fewer fire fighters.   7.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of this law or any general, special or local law to the contrary, no person shall  be  eligible  for provisional  or  permanent  appointment as a fire chief other than those chiefs employed by a fire department of cities with a population of  one million or more unless he or she shall:  (a)  satisfy the basic requirements for education, health and physical fitness established by the state fire administrator pursuant to  section one hundred fifty-eight of the executive law; and  (b)  has  successfully  completed  training and education requirements established by the state fire administrator.