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                                    149
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 4, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CAHILL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK,
   GLICK, ORTIZ, SCHIMMINGER -- 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.
                                                            LBD01491-01-7

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 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.