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                                  1162

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
  GLICK, ORTIZ, SCHIMMINGER, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Higher Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to allowing for  prorated
  refunds  of  the  licensure  and  registration  fee to the spouse of a
  deceased professional

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section    1.  Subdivision  3 of section 6502 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 599 of the laws  of  1996,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  3.  An  application for registration and the required registration fee
shall be submitted together with or as a part of the application  for  a
license.    A  person initially licensed or a licensee resuming practice
after a lapse of registration during the last two years of  a  triennial
registration  period shall receive a prorated refund of one-third of the
total registration fee for each full year of the triennial  period  that
has  elapsed  prior to the date of registration.  THE SPOUSE OF A PERSON
WHO IS LICENSED AND  REGISTERED  TO  PRACTICE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE
PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  WHO  CAN DEMONSTRATE TO THE DEPARTMENT'S
SATISFACTION THROUGH DOCUMENTED PROOF INCLUDING,  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,
SUCH  PERSON'S  DEATH  CERTIFICATE,  SUCH  PERSON'S  REGISTRATION, AND A
CHECK, DRAFT OR MONEY ORDER CASHED FOR SUCH PERSON'S REGISTRATION, SHALL
RECEIVE A PRORATED REFUND OF THE LICENSURE AND REGISTRATION FEE REFLECT-
ING THE REMAINING FEE FROM THE TIME OF DEATH TO THE END OF THE REGISTRA-
TION PERIOD. Except as provided in subdivision three-a of this  section,
the  department  shall  renew  the  registration  of  each licensee upon
receipt of a proper application, on a form prescribed by the  department
and conforming to the requirements of section 3-503 of the general obli-
gations law, and the registration fee.  Any licensee who fails to regis-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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A. 1162                             2

ter  by  the  beginning  of the appropriate registration period shall be
required to pay an additional fee for late filing  of  ten  dollars  for
each  month  that  registration has been delayed.   No licensee resuming
practice  after  a  lapse of registration shall be permitted to practice
without actual possession of the registration certificate.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.