2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 130* - General Provisions › Sub Art. 2 - State Management. › 6506 - Supervision by the Board of Regents.

§ 6506. Supervision  by  the  board  of  regents. The board of regents
shall supervise the admission to and the practice of the professions. In
supervising, the board of regents may:
(1) Promulgate  rules,  except  that  no  rule  shall  be  promulgated
concerning article 131-A of this chapter;
(2)  Establish by rule, high school, preprofessional, professional and
other  educational  qualifications  required  for   licensing   in   the
professions regulated by this title;
(3)  Charter schools offering educational programs for the professions
regulated by this title, and no such school shall operate in this  state
without such a charter, except Columbia University, any school chartered
by  special  act  of  the  legislature  prior to September one, nineteen
hundred seventy-one, and schools specifically authorized to conduct such
programs by the regents;
(4) Appoint such committees  as  it  deems  necessary  and  compensate
members  of  such committees who are not members of the board of regents
or the department up to one hundred dollars per day for each day devoted
to committee functions, together with their necessary expenses;
(5) Waive education, experience and  examination  requirements  for  a
professional   license   prescribed  in  the  article  relating  to  the
profession, provided the board of regents shall be  satisfied  that  the
requirements of such article have been substantially met;
(6)  Indorse a license issued by a licensing board of another state or
country upon the applicant fulfilling the following requirements:
(a) Application: file an application with the department;
(b) Education: meet educational requirements in  accordance  with  the
commissioner's regulations;
(c)  Experience:  have  experience  satisfactory  to  the board and in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(d) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and  in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
(e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
(f) Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or a
noncitizen  lawfully  admitted  for  permanent  residence  in the United
States;
(g) Character: be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by  the
department; and
(h)  Prior professional conduct: where an application is submitted for
licensure endorsement in any profession regulated by this title and  the
board  of  regents  determines that while engaged in practice in another
jurisdiction the applicant: (i) has been subject to disciplinary  action
by  a  duly  authorized  professional  disciplinary agency of such other
jurisdiction, where the conduct upon which the disciplinary  action  was
based  would,  if committed in New York state, constitute practicing the
profession beyond its authorized scope, with  gross  incompetence,  with
gross  negligence  on  a  particular  occasion,  or  with  negligence or
incompetence on more than one occasion under the laws of New York state,
or (ii) has voluntarily or otherwise surrendered his or her professional
license  in  another  jurisdiction  after  a  disciplinary  action   was
instituted by a duly authorized professional disciplinary agency of such
other  jurisdiction,  based  on  conduct that would, if committed in New
York state, constitute practicing the profession beyond  its  authorized
scope,  with  gross  incompetence, with gross negligence on a particular
occasion, or with negligence or incompetence on more than  one  occasion
under  the  laws  of New York state, the board of regents shall evaluate
the conduct and may deny licensure endorsement to the applicant based on
such conduct;
(7) Direct the department to remedy  any  error,  omission,  delay  or
other circumstance in the issuance or registration of a license;
(8)  Designate  a professional conduct officer, who shall be the chief
administrative  officer  of  the  office  of  the  professions,  or  his
designee,  in  connection  with  professional  licensing  and misconduct
proceedings and criminal matters, such officer to be empowered to  issue
subpoenas and administer oaths in connection with such proceedings;
(9)   Establish   by  rule,  standards  of  conduct  with  respect  to
advertising, fee splitting, practicing under a name other than  that  of
the  individual  licensee (when not specifically authorized), proper use
of  academic  or  professional  degrees  or  titles  tending  to   imply
professional  status,  and  such  other  ethical practices as such board
shall  deem  necessary,  except  that  no  rule  shall  be   established
concerning article 131-A of this chapter; and
(10)  Delegate to department officers the disposition of any licensing
matters pursuant to rules.