§ 6502. Duration and registration of a license. 1. A license shall be
valid during the life of the holder unless revoked, annulled or
suspended by the board of regents or in the case of physicians,
physicians practicing under a limited permit, physician's assistants,
specialist's assistants and medical residents, the licensee is stricken
from the roster of such licensees by the board of regents on the order
of the state board for professional medical conduct in the department of
health. A licensee must register with the department and meet the
requirements prescribed in section 3-503 of the general obligations law
to practice in this state.

2. The department shall establish the beginning dates of the
registration periods for each profession and mail an application for
registration conforming to the requirements of section 3-503 of the
general obligations law to every licensee currently registered at least
four months prior to the beginning of the registration period for the
respective profession.

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. 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 obligations law, and the registration fee.
Any licensee who fails to register 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.

3-a. Prior to issuing any registration pursuant to this section and
section sixty-five hundred twenty-four of this chapter, the department
shall request and review any information relating to an applicant which
reasonably appears to relate to professional misconduct in his or her
professional practice in this and any other jurisdiction. The department
shall advise the director of the office of professional medical conduct
in the department of health of any information about an applicant which
reasonably appears to be professional misconduct as defined in sections
sixty-five hundred thirty and sixty-five hundred thirty-one of this
chapter, within seven days of its discovery. The registration or
re-registration of such applicant shall not be delayed for a period
exceeding thirty days unless the director finds a basis for recommending
summary action pursuant to subdivision twelve of section two hundred
thirty of the public health law after consultation with a committee on
professional conduct of the state board for professional medical
conduct, if warranted. Re-registration shall be issued if the
commissioner of health fails to issue a summary order pursuant to
subdivision twelve of section two hundred thirty of the public health
law within ninety days of notice by the department pursuant to this
subdivision. Re-registration shall be denied if the commissioner of
health issues a summary order pursuant to subdivision twelve of section
two hundred thirty of the public health law.

4. Any licensee who is not engaging in the practice of his profession
in this state and does not desire to register shall so advise the
department. Such licensee shall not be required to pay an additional fee
for failure to register at the beginning of the registration period.

5. Licensees shall notify the department of any change of name or
mailing address within thirty days of such change. Failure to register
or provide such notice within one hundred eighty days of such change
shall be willful failure under section sixty-five hundred thirty of this
chapter.

6. The fee for replacement of a lost registration certificate or
license or for registration of an additional office shall be ten
dollars.

7. An additional fee of twenty-five dollars shall be charged for the
licensure or registration of any applicant who submits a bad check to
the department.