Section 6509-B. Additional definition of professional misconduct; arrears in payment of support; limited application

1. The provisions of this  section shall apply in all cases of licensee or  registrant  arrears  in
  payment  of child support or combined child and spousal support referred
  to the board of regents by a  court  pursuant  to  the  requirements  of
  section  two  hundred  forty-four-c  of  the  domestic  relations law or
  pursuant to section four hundred fifty-eight-b of the family court act.
    2. Upon receipt of an order from the court  pursuant  to  one  of  the
  foregoing  provisions  of  law,  the  board of regents, if it finds such
  person to be so licensed or registered,  shall  within  thirty  days  of
  receipt  of such order from the court, provide notice to the licensee or
  registrant of, and cause the regents review  committee  to  initiate,  a
  hearing which shall be held at least twenty days and no more than thirty
  days after the sending of such notice to the licensee or registrant. The
  hearing  shall  be  held  solely  for the purpose of determining whether
  there exists as of the date of the hearing proof that  full  payment  of
  all  arrears  of support established by the order of the court to be due
  from the licensee or registrant have been paid. Proof  of  such  payment
  shall  be  a certified check showing full payment of established arrears
  or a notice issued by the court or by the support collection unit  where
  the  order  is  payable to the support collection unit designated by the
  appropriate social services district. Such notice shall state that  full
  payment  of all arrears of support established by the order of the court
  to be due have been paid. The licensee or registrant shall be given full
  opportunity to present such proof of payment at the hearing in person or
  by counsel. The only issue  to  be  determined  by  the  regents  review
  committee  as  a  result of the hearing is whether the arrears have been
  paid. No evidence with respect to the appropriateness of the court order
  or ability of the respondent party in arrears to comply with such  order
  shall be received or considered by the committee.
    3.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of this article or of
  any other provision of law to the contrary, the license or  registration
  of  a  person  subject to the provisions of this title and/or subject to
  the provisions of title two-A of article two of the  public  health  law
  shall be suspended if, at the hearing provided for by subdivision two of
  this  section,  the  licensee  or  registrant  fails to present proof of
  payment as required by such subdivision.  Such suspension shall  not  be
  lifted  unless the court or the support collection unit, where the court
  order is payable to  the  support  collection  unit  designated  by  the
  appropriate  social  services  district,  issues  notice  to the regents
  review committee that full payment of all arrears of support established
  by the order of the court to be due have been paid.
    4. The board of regents shall inform the court of  all  actions  taken
  hereunder as required by law.
    5.  This  section  applies to support obligations paid pursuant to any
  order of child  support  or  child  and  spousal  support  issued  under
  provisions  of  article three-A or section two hundred thirty-six or two
  hundred forty of the domestic relations law, or article  four,  five  or
  five-A of the family court act.
    6.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of this article or of
  any other provision of law to  the  contrary,  the  provisions  of  this
  section  shall  apply to the exclusion of any other requirements of this
  article and to the exclusion of any other  requirement  of  law  to  the
  contrary.