Section 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.