Section 6506. Supervision by the board of regents

The board of regents
  shall supervise the admission to and the practice of the professions. In
  supervising, the board of regents may:
    (1) Promulgate  rules,  except  that  no  rule  shall  be  promulgated
  concerning article 131-A of this chapter;
    (2)  Establish by rule, high school, preprofessional, professional and
  other  educational  qualifications  required  for   licensing   in   the
  professions regulated by this title;
    (3)  Charter schools offering educational programs for the professions
  regulated by this title, and no such school shall operate in this  state
  without such a charter, except Columbia University, any school chartered
  by  special  act  of  the  legislature  prior to September one, nineteen
  hundred seventy-one, and schools specifically authorized to conduct such
  programs by the regents;
    (4) Appoint such committees  as  it  deems  necessary  and  compensate
  members  of  such committees who are not members of the board of regents
  or the department up to one hundred dollars per day for each day devoted
  to committee functions, together with their necessary expenses;
    (5) Waive education, experience and  examination  requirements  for  a
  professional   license   prescribed  in  the  article  relating  to  the
  profession, provided the board of regents shall be  satisfied  that  the
  requirements of such article have been substantially met;
    (6)  Indorse a license issued by a licensing board of another state or
  country upon the applicant fulfilling the following requirements:
    (a) Application: file an application with the department;
    (b) Education: meet educational requirements in  accordance  with  the
  commissioner's regulations;
    (c)  Experience:  have  experience  satisfactory  to  the board and in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
    (d) Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and  in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
    (e) Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
    (f)  Citizenship  or immigration status: be a United States citizen or
  an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States;
    (g) Character: be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by  the
  department; and
    (h)  Prior professional conduct: where an application is submitted for
  licensure endorsement in any profession regulated by this title and  the
  board  of  regents  determines that while engaged in practice in another
  jurisdiction the applicant: (i) has been subject to disciplinary  action
  by  a  duly  authorized  professional  disciplinary agency of such other
  jurisdiction, where the conduct upon which the disciplinary  action  was
  based  would,  if committed in New York state, constitute practicing the
  profession beyond its authorized scope, with  gross  incompetence,  with
  gross  negligence  on  a  particular  occasion,  or  with  negligence or
  incompetence on more than one occasion under the laws of New York state,
  or (ii) has voluntarily or otherwise surrendered his or her professional
  license  in  another  jurisdiction  after  a  disciplinary  action   was
  instituted by a duly authorized professional disciplinary agency of such
  other  jurisdiction,  based  on  conduct that would, if committed in New
  York state, constitute practicing the profession beyond  its  authorized
  scope,  with  gross  incompetence, with gross negligence on a particular
  occasion, or with negligence or incompetence on more than  one  occasion
  under  the  laws  of New York state, the board of regents shall evaluate
  the conduct and may deny licensure endorsement to the applicant based on
  such conduct;
    (7) Direct the department to remedy  any  error,  omission,  delay  or
  other circumstance in the issuance or registration of a license;

    (8)  Designate  a professional conduct officer, who shall be the chief
  administrative  officer  of  the  office  of  the  professions,  or  his
  designee,  in  connection  with  professional  licensing  and misconduct
  proceedings and criminal matters, such officer to be empowered to  issue
  subpoenas and administer oaths in connection with such proceedings;
    (9)   Establish   by  rule,  standards  of  conduct  with  respect  to
  advertising, fee splitting, practicing under a name other than  that  of
  the  individual  licensee (when not specifically authorized), proper use
  of  academic  or  professional  degrees  or  titles  tending  to   imply
  professional  status,  and  such  other  ethical practices as such board
  shall  deem  necessary,  except  that  no  rule  shall  be   established
  concerning article 131-A of this chapter; and
    (10)  Delegate to department officers the disposition of any licensing
  matters pursuant to rules.