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New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 7 - Teaching Certificates For Public School Service › Section 7.4 - Employment of teachers

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School authorities empowered to employ teachers in the public
				  schools shall not prescribe as a condition of employment that such teachers
				  shall or shall not belong to a specified religious denomination or political
				  party, or shall or shall not have any specified religious belief, creed or
				  political affiliation. If it be determined by the commissioner, in proceedings
				  duly brought before him, that a board of education, board of trustees or
				  trustee of a city or school district, or a committee or officer of such board,
				  has violated this section the commissioner shall withhold the whole or a part
				  of the public money next payable to such city or district.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 8 - REGENTS EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER STATE ASSESSMENTS › Section 8.1 - Examinations board

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A New York State Examinations Board is hereby created as
				  follows:
(a) Members. The
				commissioner, with the approval of the Regents, shall appoint 20 members,
				including appropriate representation from institutions of higher learning, high
				schools, local chief school officers, and organizations of teachers, parents
				and school board members. Four members shall be appointed yearly to serve for a
				term of five years beginning with the first day of January next following the
				ending of the term to which each, respectively, is to succeed, except that an
				appointment to fill a vacancy created otherwise than by the expiration of a
				term shall be for the unexpired term.
(b) Powers. The Examinations Board shall
				appoint, with the approval of the commissioner, committees to prepare question
				papers for State examinations, and to advise with the commissioner regarding
				the form and contents of syllabuses covering the subjects of study in the
				elementary and secondary schools.
(c) Expenses. The board shall serve without
				compensation, but the ordinary expenses incident to attendance upon meetings
				called by the commissioner shall be paid by the State.
(d) Committees. The Examinations Board
				annually, on the first Saturday of December, shall appoint committees, of two
				or more members each, to prepare question papers for State examinations. An
				officer of the department shall be a member of each committee. Each member
				other than officers of the department shall in addition to necessary expenses
				in attending meetings receive an annual honorarium.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 8 - REGENTS EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER STATE ASSESSMENTS › Section 8.2 - Admission to examinations

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(a)
				All pupils who have studied a subject at an approved school for a period of
				time not less than that prescribed by the commissioner shall have the right to
				be admitted to the Regents examination at such school.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of
				this section, other persons may be admitted to Regents examinations, for the
				purpose of demonstrating academic proficiency acquired through independent,
				out-of-school or other study, at the discretion of the principal of the school
				administering the examinations. Subject to the requirements of subdivision (c)
				of this section, the principal of a public school administering the
				examinations shall admit a candidate who is a school district resident and who
				seeks to take such examination(s) for the purpose of meeting the requirements
				for an earned degree pursuant to section
				3.47(a)(2) 
				of this Title. If the candidate is enrolled during the regular school year in
				an approved high school other than the school in which the examination is to be
				administered, the written permission of the principal of such other school
				shall be required. The school administering the examination may require that
				candidates provide adequate prior notice and present satisfactory personal
				identification, and may require a candidate who is not a district resident to
				pay a reasonable fee to cover administrative and rating costs.
(c) Only those persons who have
				satisfactorily met the laboratory requirements as stated in the State syllabus
				for a science shall be admitted to a Regents examination in such
				science.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 8 - REGENTS EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER STATE ASSESSMENTS › Section 8.3 - Passing mark or state designated performance level

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(a) Except as prescribed in section
				100.5  of
				this Title, the minimum passing score in Regents examinations shall be 65 or
				such other minimum passing score as approved by the Board of Regents.
(b) The State designated performance level or
				cut score for determining proficiency on all State student assessments in the
				elementary and secondary grades, other than Regents examinations, shall be
				established by the commissioner subject to approval by the Board of
				Regents.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 8 - REGENTS EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER STATE ASSESSMENTS › Section 8.4 - Courses and examinations in public schools

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(a) The commissioner shall establish
				regulations governing the following:
(1)
				approved courses of study in public schools;
(2) subjects in which Regents examinations
				are given in such schools;
(3) the
				method of rating answer papers;
(4)
				the credits to be allowed for subjects in which Regents examinations are not
				regularly offered.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 8 - REGENTS EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER STATE ASSESSMENTS › Section 8.5 - Fraud in examinations

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A candidate who with fraudulent intent endeavors to obtain
				  any credential of the university shall be debarred from entering any Regents
				  examination until admitted by special permission from the Commissioner of
				  Education after written application, and any credentials already issued to him
				  shall be subject to cancellation. This rule includes the use of unfair means to
				  pass an examination, the alteration of any Regents pass card or other
				  credential, or intentional misrepresentation in connection with Regents
				  examinations or credentials.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 8 - REGENTS EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER STATE ASSESSMENTS › Section 8.6 - High school credentials

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High school credentials issued under the seal of the
				  department shall be based upon the completion of an approved four-year high
				  school course of study or its equivalent.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 9 - Regents Scholarships, Regents Fellowships And Scholar Incentive Awards › Section 9.1 - Method of award

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Regents scholarships, Regents fellowships, Regents physician
				  loan forgiveness awards, Regents health care professional opportunity
				  scholarships, Regents professional opportunity scholarships, science and
				  technology entry program grants and scholar incentive awards shall be awarded
				  pursuant to the provisions of the Education Law and the regulations which the
				  Commissioner of Education is hereby authorized and directed to
				  promulgate.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 10 - State Library And State Museum › Section 10.1 - Organization

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The commissioner shall have charge, care and control of the
				  State Library and the State Museum and shall make regulations for their
				  organization and conduct.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 10 - State Library And State Museum › Section 10.2 - Certification of copies

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The commissioner, the State librarian and Assistant
				  Commissioner for Libraries, or the head of the manuscripts and history section
				  of the State Library, may, pursuant to section 382 of the Civil Practice Act,
				  certify copies of or transcripts from books, manuscripts or other records in
				  the State Library. For the purpose of such certification, the seal of the
				  department may be used.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 11 - Library Extension › Section 11.1 - Approved library requirements

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The commissioner shall establish regulations for the
				  registration of libraries and auxiliary units, for personnel, for quarters and
				  equipment, for collections, for schedules of service and
				  reports.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 11 - Library Extension › Section 11.2 - Apportionments to free libraries

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(a) A
				registered library unit shall be subject to visitation and inspection by the
				department, and so long as it maintains approved standards shall be entitled to
				the rights and privileges provided by the Education Law.
(b) Library units set up to provide for
				circulation of materials, and registered by the Regents, may receive annually,
				so far as the available appropriation permits, apportionments equal to the
				money raised by them from other sources. One first apportionment may be made to
				a newly incorporated library before it has been registered.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 11 - Library Extension › Section 11.3 - Use of money

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(a) The
				apportionments and the local equivalent must be spent for approved books,
				serials and other appropriate library materials, unless otherwise used by
				special written permission of the commissioner.
(b) A trustee of a free association, public
				or Indian library incorporated or registered by the Regents shall not take pay
				from such library for services rendered as an officer or employee
				thereof.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 11 - Library Extension › Section 11.4 - Annual reports of libraries

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Every library in the University, other than a school library,
				  shall transmit to the department annually, on March 1st, a report for the
				  previous year ending December 31st in such form as shall be prescribed by the
				  commissioner; but a library may report for a year ending on some other date
				  with the approval of the commissioner. Any library in the University whose
				  annual report for the preceding year is not received by March 31st of the year
				  following the expiration of such year shall not participate in any
				  apportionments of library money for the ensuing State fiscal year unless such
				  neglect is duly excused by the commissioner. Any library failing to report for
				  two consecutive years shall be deemed to have discontinued its functions, and
				  after due notice its registration may be rescinded, or its charter
				  suspended.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 11 - Library Extension › Section 11.5 - Library council

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It shall be the duty of the library council to communicate
				  annually to the Regents recommendations relating to the department's
				  service.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 13 - Registration And Licensing Of Educational Institutions; Qualifying Certificates › Section 13.1 - Regulations

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The commissioner shall establish regulations governing the
				  following:
(a) the registration of
				courses of study in colleges, professional, technical and other
				schools;
(b) the requirements for
				qualifying certificates;
(c) the
				approval of correspondence schools;
(d) professional licensing, certification and
				practice;
(e) the registration of
				private business schools; and
(f)
				the registration of public and nonpublic high schools and public elementary
				schools, intermediate schools, middle schools, and junior high
				schools.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 13 - Registration And Licensing Of Educational Institutions; Qualifying Certificates › Section 13.2 - Rescinding of registration

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The commissioner may, after notice and opportunity to be
				  heard, rescind the registration of any institution which fails to maintain the
				  approved standards of equipment and instruction, to possess adequate resources,
				  or to make the reports required by the department.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 13 - Registration And Licensing Of Educational Institutions; Qualifying Certificates › Section 13.3 - Foreign institutions

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Institutions in foreign countries maintaining standards not
				  lower than institutions of the same grade and character in this State may be
				  considered by the commissioner as registered institutions for the acceptance of
				  courses of study completed therein toward departmental credentials or toward
				  admission to departmental examinations.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 13 - Registration And Licensing Of Educational Institutions; Qualifying Certificates › Section 13.4 - English requirement

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All applicants for qualifying certificates or for admission
				  to a professional examination who present study from a foreign country must
				  pass an examination in English given by the department, or present evidence of
				  the completion of a satisfactory course in the English
				  language.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 13 - Registration And Licensing Of Educational Institutions; Qualifying Certificates › Section 13.5 - Dating qualifying certificates

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A candidate who submits satisfactory evidence that he has
				  completed a course of study entitling him to a qualifying certificate may be
				  granted a qualifying certificate as of the date when he actually completed the
				  requirements.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 13 - Registration And Licensing Of Educational Institutions; Qualifying Certificates › Section 13.6 - Approved secondary course

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Four years of secondary work based upon eight years of
				  elementary work or the equivalent, shall be required for the approval of a
				  secondary course presented for credit toward a qualifying
				  certificate.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 13 - Registration And Licensing Of Educational Institutions; Qualifying Certificates › Section 13.7 - Approval of use of name or title

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The right to use, advertise or transact business under the
				  name or title "university," "college," "school of law," "school of medicine,"
				  "school of dentistry," "school of pharmacy," "school of veterinary medicine,"
				  "school of nursing," "school of optometry," "school of podiatry," "school of
				  chiropody," "school of architecture," "school of engineering," "school of
				  opthamalic dispensing," "school of physiotherapy," "junior college," "community
				  college," shall be granted only to such individuals, copartnerships,
				  associations or corporations as satisfactorily meet the requirements prescribed
				  by the department for the registration of a university, college, school of law,
				  school of medicine, school of dentistry, school of pharmacy, school of
				  veterinary medicine, school of nursing, school of optometry, school of
				  podiatry, school of chiropody, school of architecture, school of engineering,
				  school of ophthalmic dispensing, school of physiotherapy, junior college, or
				  community college, respectively.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 13 - Registration And Licensing Of Educational Institutions; Qualifying Certificates › Section 13.8 - Private trade schools

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(a) The
				commissioner shall make regulations and establish standards for the licensing
				and conduct of private trade schools.
(b) It shall be the duty of the commissioner
				and he is hereby authorized to determine the adequacy of resources and
				equipment, the standards of instruction, the educational efficiency and the
				eligibility for license of such schools.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 13 - Registration And Licensing Of Educational Institutions; Qualifying Certificates › Section 13.9 - Correspondence schools

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(a) The
				commissioner shall make regulations and establish standards for the licensing
				and conduct of correspondence schools.
(b) It shall be the duty of the commissioner
				and he is hereby authorized to determine the adequacy of resources and
				equipment, the standards of instruction, the educational efficiency and the
				eligibility for license of such schools.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 13 - Registration And Licensing Of Educational Institutions; Qualifying Certificates › Section 13.10 - Standards of educational quality

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To be eligible for State aid pursuant to section 6401 or 6402 
				  of the Education Law, an institution of higher education must:
(a) meet those standards of educational
				quality set forth in Part 52 of the regulations of the Commissioner of
				Education for the registration of curricula in all public and private higher
				institutions of the State; and
(b)
				be accredited by an appropriate nationally recognized regional accrediting
				association or have such other equivalent recognition of educational quality as
				may be determined sufficient by the Commissioner of Education.
The
				  amended version of this section by
				  New
				  York State Register January 26, 2022/Volume XLIV, Issue 04, eff.
				  1/26/2022 is not yet
				  available
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 13 - Registration And Licensing Of Educational Institutions; Qualifying Certificates › Section 13.11 - Representations as to registration, licensing, accreditation, or approval

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(a) An institution
				which is registered or licensed by the Regents or the commissioner, or whose
				courses of study are registered by the commissioner or the department, or whose
				programs are accredited by the Regents, shall make no statement as to such
				licensing, registration, or accreditation in its publications, letterheads,
				advertising or promotional material or other written materials prepared for
				distribution to or for the information of the public, except as follows:
(1) An institution which is registered may
				make the statement "Registered by the New York State Education
				Department."
(2) An institution
				whose courses of study are registered may make the statement, with respect only
				to such courses of study as are so registered, "Registered by the New York
				State Education Department."
(3) An
				institution which is licensed may make the statement "Licensed by the New York
				State Education Department."
(4) An
				institution whose programs are accredited by the Regents may make the
				statement, with respect only to such programs as are so accredited, "Accredited
				by the New York State Board of Regents."
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 14 - School Buildings And Grounds › Section 14.1 - School buildings and grounds

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(a)
				Regulations. The commissioner shall make regulations governing the requirements
				for the plans and specifications for the erection, repair, enlargement and
				remodeling of school buildings.
(b)
				General requirement. Each school district shall provide suitable and adequate
				school buildings and grounds for the instruction and accommodation of the
				pupils of such district.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 15 - Industrial And Vocational Education › Section 15.1 - Industrial education

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The commissioner shall make regulations establishing
				  standards for the organization and conduct of industrial arts,
				  vocational-industrial, technical, general industrial, part-time continuation,
				  industrial cooperative, adult vocational-industrial and avocational-industrial
				  schools and classes. In approving such schools the commissioner shall determine
				  the adequacy of facilities and equipment, the standards of instruction and
				  their educational efficiency.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 15 - Industrial And Vocational Education › Section 15.2 - Vocational education-apportionment of moneys

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The commissioner shall make regulations for the apportionment
				  of Federal moneys to local school districts for vocational
				  work.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 16 - Rules Relating To Attendance › Section 16.2 - Exemption from health teaching

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A petition, duly verfified, may be filed with the commissoner
				  by a proper person authorized to represent a religious group on a statewide
				  basis asking that the children of parents or guardians professing the religion
				  of such group be excused from such part of the study in health and hygiene as
				  may be in conflict with the tenets of the religion of such group. Such petition
				  shall contain a statement setting forth the specific area of health and hygiene
				  where such conflict is deemed to exist. The commissioner may consider such
				  petition on the verified statements therein contained or he may direct a
				  hearing thereon upon such notice as he may deem necessary and appropriate. If
				  the commissioner shall find that there is a conflict, he shall make an order
				  setting forth specifically such portion or area of the study of health and
				  hygiene as he shall deem in conflict with the tenets of such religion. The
				  commissioner shall thereupon direct the local school authorities to excuse,
				  upon written request, the child of any parent or guardian professing such
				  religion from the study of that part of health and hygiene which the
				  commissioner found to be in conflict with such religion.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 17 - Disciplinary Proceedings In The Professions › Section 17.1 - Complaints or other information

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All complaints or other information relating to licensees
				  authorized to practice a profession under title VIII of the Education Law shall
				  be referred to the director of the Office of Professional
				  Discipline.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 17 - Disciplinary Proceedings In The Professions › Section 17.2 - Investigation

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The director of the Office of Professional Discipline or that
				  officer's designee shall, in matters involving possible professional
				  misconduct, initiate an investigation of each such complaint or other
				  information.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 17 - Disciplinary Proceedings In The Professions › Section 17.3 - Prosecution or settlement of disciplinary proceedings

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Prosecution or settlement of disciplinary proceedings shall
				  be conducted as provided in title VIII of the Education Law, and as provided in
				  this Part.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 17 - Disciplinary Proceedings In The Professions › Section 17.4 - Reports

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The director of the Office of Professional Discipline or that
				  officer's designee shall submit a report by April 1st of each year on the
				  status of cases investigated during the previous year, as well as on the
				  disposition of any criminal or civil matters processed through the office, to
				  the chairman of the State Board for each of the professions supervised by the
				  Board of Regents.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 17 - Disciplinary Proceedings In The Professions › Section 17.8 - Hearing panel; administrative officers

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Findings of fact, recommendations as to penalties to be
				  imposed, and any other actions taken by a hearing panel in disciplinary
				  proceedings, except as hereinafter set forth, shall be made by majority vote.
				  Any determination of guilt shall require a minimum of a four fifths vote of the
				  hearing panel. An administrative officer, admitted to practice as an attorney
				  in the State of New York, shall rule on all motions, procedures and other legal
				  objections, and draft a report which shall reflect the determination and
				  recommendation of the panel and be subject to the approval of and signature by
				  the panel chairperson on behalf of the panel. The administrative officer shall
				  not be entitled to a vote.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 18 - Voluntary Surrender Of License › Section 18.1 - Committee for professional assistance

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The committee on drug and alcohol abuse referred to in
				  subdivision 2 of section 6510-b  of the Education Law shall be
				  known as the Committee for Professional Assistance.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 18 - Voluntary Surrender Of License › Section 18.2 - Application

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
A licensee authorized to practice a profession under title
				  VIII of the Education Law, except professionals licensed pursuant to article
				  131 or 131-b of the Education Law, may apply to surrender the license pursuant
				  to section 6510-b  of the Education Law. The licensee
				  shall file an application, consent to release of treatment records and such
				  other information as the department shall require. The department may require
				  the licensee to appear before staff or committee members in connection with the
				  application.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 18 - Voluntary Surrender Of License › Section 18.3 - Acceptance

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In consultation with the Committee for Professional
				  Assistance, the department may accept an application for voluntary surrender of
				  the license if the following conditions are met:
(a) There has been no harm to the licensee's
				patients or clients that has resulted from a problem of drug or alcohol abuse.
				Any question of harm to a patient shall be investigated prior to the acceptance
				of the surrender of a license pursuant to Education Law, section
				6510-b.
(b) The applicant presents a proposed program
				of treatment that is acceptable.
(c) The applicant accepts all monitoring
				requirements including a minimum of two years of monitoring by the committee or
				its designee. The minimum two years of monitoring shall include the period of
				active treatment.
(d) The applicant
				provides an acceptable plan for informing patients or clients, who request
				professional services, of temporary withdrawal from practice.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 18 - Voluntary Surrender Of License › Section 18.4 - Removal from program

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In consultation with the Committee for Professional
				  Assistance the department may remove a participant from the program and refer
				  the matter to the office of professional discipline for appropriate proceedings
				  pursuant to section 6510  of the Education Law and the committee
				  may revoke the immunity from disciplinary action granted to the licensee in
				  accordance with the requirements of Education Law, section
				  6510-b(4) for the
				  following reasons:
(a) failure to meet
				the conditions imposed upon acceptance into the program;
(b) evidence that patient or client harm
				resulted from the licensee's problem of drug or alcohol abuse; or
(c) other evidence that the licensee should
				not be permitted to continue in the program.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 18 - Voluntary Surrender Of License › Section 18.5 - Reinstatement of license

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In consultation with the Committee for Professional
				  Assistance, the department may reinstate a license to practice which has been
				  voluntarily surrendered in accordance with this Part, upon satisfactory
				  evidence that the participant has made sufficient progress in the treatment
				  program and in meeting such other conditions as were imposed upon acceptance
				  into the program and is not incapacitated for active practice. The department
				  may require the individual to appear before staff or committee members in
				  connection with the request for reinstatement of the license. In reinstating
				  the license, the department may impose conditions on the licensee which are
				  necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the public. The
				  conditions may include, but are not limited to, participation in a treatment
				  program including such monitoring as the committee and department may require,
				  continuing professional education, practice under supervision and limitations
				  on the scope and nature of practice. Such conditions shall be in effect for a
				  period of time to be specified by the department. The licensee will be
				  registered for the period in which the license is reinstated upon receipt of
				  all applicable registration fees.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 18 - Voluntary Surrender Of License › Section 18.6 - Committee votes

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Committee actions may be taken by panels comprising at least
				  three members of the committee. A majority vote shall be required for all
				  recommendations and decisions made by the committee or panels constituted from
				  its membership that pertain to accepting an application for the voluntary
				  surrender of licenses, imposing conditions on a licensee, revoking immunity
				  from disciplinary action, removing a participant from the program or
				  restoration of a license to practice.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 18 - Voluntary Surrender Of License › Section 18.7 - Appeals

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An appeal may be taken by the applicant to the Committee on
				  the Professions from determinations of the Committee for Professional
				  Assistance and/or the department pertaining to refusal to accept an application
				  for the voluntary surrender of a license, the imposition of conditions on a
				  license, the removal of the applicant from the program and the revocation of
				  immunity from disciplinary action. The decision of the Committee on the
				  Professions in such an appeal shall be final.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 19 - Education Practices › Section 19.1 - Petitions

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(a) A petition
				filed by or on behalf of a person aggrieved by alleged unfair educational
				practices as defined in section 313  of the Education Law shall be in
				writing, the original being signed and verified, and shall contain the
				following:
(1) If the petition is filed by
				the applicant, the full name, address and age of the person filing the
				petition. If the petition is filed by parent or guardian, the full name and
				address of the person filing the petition and the full name and address of the
				person in whose behalf the petition is filed.
(2) The full name and address of the
				institution against which the petition is filed.
(3) A specific charge of discrimination
				because of race, religion, creed, color or national origin, followed by a clear
				and concise statement of the facts which constitute the alleged unfair
				educational practice.
(4) The date
				or dates of the alleged unfair education practice.
(5) A transcript of the academic record (high
				school or college) and the academic rank (position, decile or quartile) of the
				applicant, signed by the registrar or other appropriate official.
(6) A statement (to be made on a blank
				supplied by the Education Department) of other facts about the applicant which
				might be influential in his acceptance or rejection for admission, such as his
				test scores on scholastic aptitude or achievement examinations, academic honors
				or awards received, his main interests, his extracurricular activities and the
				names of his references.
(7) A
				statement as to any action or proceeding instituted in any other form for the
				unfair educational practice alleged in the petition, together with a statement
				as to the disposition of such action or proceeding.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 19 - Education Practices › Section 19.2 - Certificates of religious and denominational institutions

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Certificates to be filed by religious or denominational
				  institutions shall be verified and contain the following:
(a) name of institution;
(b) address;
(c) name of religious or denominational
				organization by which operated, controlled or supervised;
(d) statement of the provision, by law or
				otherwise, under which the operation, control or supervision is vested and
				exercised;
(e) statement that
				institution elects to be considered a religious or denominational
				institution;
(f) statement as to
				whether institution admits nonmembers of the particular denomination;
				and
(g) signature of chief
				executive officer and verification.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 19 - Education Practices › Section 19.3 - Admission data

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Each educational institution shall preserve all data relating
				  to admission of applicants for a period of at least two years following the
				  date of the admission or exclusion.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 19 - Education Practices › Section 19.4 - Equality of educational opportunity

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(a) No educational institution of
				post-secondary grade which is chartered or incorporated by the Regents or by
				special act of the Legislature, or which is a member of the University of the
				State of New York, or which is licensed by the State Education Department, or
				whose programs are required to be registered or otherwise approved by the State
				Education Department shall assign or knowingly permit the assignment of any
				student to, or exclude or knowingly permit the exclusion of any student from
				any facility owned or operated by or under the auspices of the institution, on
				the basis of race, color or national origin.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not
				be deemed to prohibit:
(1) the affording to
				any student of the opportunity to select those other students with whom he will
				share a single dormitory room or other comparable living quarters; or
(2) the creation and operation of combined
				academic and residential units or programs within the institution, provided
				that such unit or program has a valid educational purpose, and provided further
				that admission to such unit or program is not conditioned upon race, color or
				national origin.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 19 - Education Practices › Section 19.5 - Prohibition of corporal punishment, aversive interventions, and seclusion and the authorized limited use of timeout and physical restraint

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(a) Purpose of section. The purpose of this
				section is to establish uniform guidelines that prohibit the use of corporal
				punishment, aversive interventions and seclusion and authorize the limited use
				of timeout and physical restraint in schools to address student
				behaviors.
(b) Definitions. As used
				in this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(1) Aversive intervention means an
				intervention that is intended to induce pain or discomfort for the purpose of
				eliminating or reducing student behavior, including such interventions as:
(i) contingent application of noxious,
				painful, intrusive stimuli or activities; strangling, shoving, deep muscle
				squeezes or other similar stimuli;
(ii) any form of noxious, painful or
				intrusive spray, inhalant or tastes;
(iii) contingent food programs that include
				the denial or delay of the provision of meals or intentionally altering staple
				food or drink in order to make it distasteful;
(iv) movement limitation used as a
				punishment, including but not limited to helmets and mechanical restraints as
				defined in paragraph (4) of this subdivision; or
(v) other stimuli or actions similar to the
				interventions described in this paragraph. The term shall not include such
				interventions as voice control, limited to loud, firm commands; time-limited
				ignoring of a specific behavior; token fines as part of a token economy system;
				brief physical prompts to interrupt or prevent a specific behavior;
				interventions medically necessary for the treatment or protection of the
				student; or other similar interventions.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 19 - Education Practices › Section 19.6 - Solicitation of charitable donations

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Direct solicitation of charitable donations from children in
				  the public schools on school property during regular school hours shall not be
				  permitted. The commissioner shall develop and disseminate guidelines on the
				  interpretation of this rule.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 21 - Textbooks › Section 21.1 - Seditious or disloyal matter

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(a) A
				complaint, filed by a party complaining that a textbook for use in the public
				schools of this State, or offered for sale for use in the public schools of
				this State, contains matter or statements in violation of section 704  of the Education Law, shall be in
				writing, the original being signed and verified, and shall contain the
				following:
(1) the full name and address of
				the party filing the complaint;
(2)
				the full title of the textbook or textbooks complained of, the full name of the
				author or authors thereof, the full name and address of the publisher or
				publishers thereof, and the dates of publication;
(3) a statement setting forth in detail and
				quoting the matter or statements complained of, specifying upon what page or
				pages of the textbook or textbooks complained of such matter or statements
				appear;
(4) a statement setting
				forth the reasons the matter or statements complained of are in violation of
				section 704  of the Education Law; and
(5) the full name and address of the public
				school or public schools in which the textbook or textbooks complained of are
				in use, or a statement that such textbook or textbooks are being offered for
				sale for use in the public school or public schools of this State.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 21 - Textbooks › Section 21.4 - Lending procedures for school library materials

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(a) As used in this section, school library
				materials shall mean:
(1) for the 1985-86
				school year only, printed materials that may or may not require magnification
				and which meet all of the criteria specified in subdivision (2) of section 711  of the Education Law; or
(2) for the 1986-87 school year and
				thereafter, both printed materials and audio-visual materials that may or may
				not require magnification and which meet all of the criteria specified in
				subdivision (2) of section 711  of the Education Law.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 22 - Certificates Of Literacy › Section 22.1 - Issuance

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Certificates of literacy shall be issued in accordance with
				  this Part as follows:
(a) At local
				registration, superintendents of schools shall issue certificates of literacy.
				Such superintendents may act as examiners or may designate teachers,
				supervisors or principals of public day or evening schools, or college students
				in the senior year or of higher rank, so to act.
(b) At central registration, central
				registration boards shall issue certificates of literacy. Members of such
				boards may act as examiners or may designate teachers, supervisors or
				principals of public day or evening schools, or college students of the senior
				year or of higher rank, to assist with the conduct of the
				examination.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 22 - Certificates Of Literacy › Section 22.2 - Eligibility

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Any person may apply for a certificate of literacy who
				  requires such certificate for the purpose of establishing eligibility to vote
				  at an election in New York State.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 22 - Certificates Of Literacy › Section 22.3 - Evidence of literacy

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Certificates of literacy shall be issued as follows:
(a) To all applicants who have passed an
				examination or test authorized by the commissioner. This test shall be known as
				the New York State Regents literacy test.
(b) To applicants who because of physical
				disability are unable to pass the New York State Regents literacy test but who
				can satisfy the examiner that they could pass the test if it were not for such
				disability. Upon the issuance of a certificate of literacy in such cases, the
				examiner shall write in ink across the face of the certificate of literacy the
				words "physically disabled."
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 22 - Certificates Of Literacy › Section 22.4 - Contents of certificate

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(a) The
				contents of the certificate of literacy shall be as follows:
(1) the full name of the applicant, written
				in ink by the applicant in the presence of the examiner;
(2) the printed, stamped or written signature
				of the commissioner;
(3) the date
				of issuance of the certificate; and
(4) the full name and position of the
				examiner, written by examiner.
New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter I - Rules of the Board Of Regents › Part 22 - Certificates Of Literacy › Section 22.6 - Supplies provided

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The commissioner shall prepare all forms, directions and
				  examinations, and perform such other official duties as may be necessary to
				  carry out the provisions of the Election Law relative to certificates of
				  literacy. He shall send such supplies to superintendents of schools, for use at
				  local registration, and to county boards of elections, for use at central
				  registration, on or before October 1st of each year.