§ 6503-a. Waiver for entities providing certain professional services.\n1. a. Notwithstanding any laws to the contrary, except as provided in\nsubdivision two of this section, a not-for-profit corporation formed for\ncharitable, educational, or religious purposes or other similar purposes\ndeemed acceptable by the department; or an education corporation as\ndefined in subdivision one of section two hundred sixteen-a of this\nchapter may provide the following services, provided that, except as\notherwise provided in paragraph b of this subdivision, the entity was in\nexistence prior to the effective date of this section and has applied to\nthe department for a waiver pursuant to this section by no later than\nFebruary first, two thousand twelve:\n (i) services provided under article one hundred fifty-four, one\nhundred sixty-three or one hundred sixty-seven of this title for which\nlicensure would be required, or\n (ii) services constituting the provision of psychotherapy as defined\nin subdivision two of section eighty-four hundred one of this title and\nauthorized and provided under article one hundred thirty-one, one\nhundred thirty-nine, or one hundred fifty-three of this title.\n Such services may be provided either directly through the entity's\nemployees or indirectly by contract with individuals or professional\nentities duly licensed, registered, or authorized to provide such\nservices.\n b. The department may issue a waiver on or after July first, two\nthousand twelve to an entity which was created before, on, or after the\neffective date of this section if there is a demonstration of need of\nthe entity's services satisfactory to the department.\n c. After the commissioner prescribes the application form and posts\nnotice of its availability on the department's website, any entity\ndescribed in paragraph a of this subdivision providing services on the\neffective date of this section, must apply for a waiver no later than\nFebruary first, two thousand twelve. Upon submission of an application,\nan entity may continue to operate and provide services until the\ndepartment shall either deny or approve the entity's application. After\nthe department renders a timely initial determination that the applicant\nhas submitted the information necessary to verify that the requirements\nof paragraphs d, e, and f of this subdivision are satisfied,\napplications for waivers shall be approved or denied within ninety days;\nprovided however, that if the waiver application is denied the entity\nshall cease providing professional services, pursuant to paragraph a of\nthis subdivision, in the state of New York.\n d. Such waiver shall provide that services rendered pursuant to this\nsection, directly or indirectly, shall be provided only by a person\nappropriately licensed to provide such services pursuant to article one\nhundred thirty-one, one hundred thirty-nine, one hundred fifty-three,\none hundred fifty-four, or one hundred sixty-three of this title, or by\na person otherwise authorized to provide such services under such\narticles, or by a professional entity authorized by law to provide such\nservices.\n e. An application for a waiver to provide professional services\npursuant to this section shall be on a form prescribed by the\ncommissioner. Such application shall include:\n (i) the name of the entity,\n (ii) the names of the directors and officers of such entity,\n (iii) a listing of any other jurisdictions where the entity may\nprovide services, and\n (iv) an attestation made by an officer authorized by the entity to\nmake such attestation that identifies the scope of services to be\nprovided; includes a list of professions under this title in which\nprofessional services will be provided by such entity; includes a\nstatement that, unless otherwise authorized by law, the entity shall\nonly provide professional services authorized under this section;\nincludes a statement that only a licensed professional, a person\
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