Section 6510-D. Voluntary non-disciplinary surrender of a license

A
  professional who is licensed pursuant to article one hundred thirty-nine
  of this title may voluntarily surrender a license to  the  committee  on
  drug  and  alcohol  abuse  when  such  licensee requests to be monitored
  and/or receive peer support services in relation to the use,  misuse  or
  addiction   to   drugs.   The  committee  shall  accept  such  voluntary
  non-disciplinary surrender  of  a  license  and  provide  for  expedited
  reinstatement  of  the license if the licensee meets criteria set by the
  committee. Such criteria will include, but not be limited to, confidence
  that the licensee's use of drugs and/or alcohol has not resulted in harm
  to a patient or client and the licensee is not incapacitated, unfit  for
  practice  or  a  threat to the health, safety and welfare of the public.
  Such voluntary surrender, if accepted by the committee, shall result  in
  an  immediate  reinstatement  of  the license and shall provide immunity
  from a violation of subdivision three or four of  section  six  thousand
  five  hundred  nine of this article and cannot be deemed an admission or
  used as evidence in professional misconduct. Acceptance by the committee
  shall not require a report  to  the  department  of  health  or  to  any
  employer or licensing authority of another jurisdiction, nor require any
  disclosure  to  patients  or  to  the  public that such license has been
  temporarily surrendered, except if it is subsequently determined by  the
  department that a participant being monitored by the department is found
  to  have  used  drugs  and/or  alcohol  which  has resulted in harm to a
  patient or client.