Section 6509-C. Additional definition of professional misconduct; failure to comply in paternity or child support proceedings; limited application  


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  • 1.    The  provisions of this section shall apply in all  cases of licensee or  registrant  failure  after  receiving  appropriate
      notice,  to  comply  with  a  summons, subpoena or warrant relating to a
      paternity or child support proceeding 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 or five hundred forty-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 that his or her license or registration shall be suspended in
      sixty days unless the conditions as set forth in  subdivision  three  of
      this section are met.
        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  unless  the court terminates its order to commence
      suspension proceedings.  Such suspension shall not be lifted unless  the
      court  issues  an order to the board of regents terminating its order to
      commence suspension proceedings.
        4.  The board of regents shall inform the court of all  actions  taken
      hereunder as required by law.
        5.    This  section  applies to paternity or child support proceedings
      commenced under, and support obligations paid pursuant to any  order  of
      child  support  or  child and spousal support issued under provisions of
      section two hundred thirty-six or two  hundred  forty  of  the  domestic
      relations  law,  or  article  four, five, five-A or five-B 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.