§ 502. Requirements for licensing. * 1. Application for license.\nApplication for a driver's license shall be made to the commissioner.\nThe fee prescribed by law may be submitted with such application. The\napplicant shall furnish such proof of identity, age, and fitness as may\nbe required by the commissioner. With respect to a non-commercial\ndriver's license or learner's permit which does not meet federal\nstandards for identification, in addition to the acceptable proofs of\nage and identity approved by the commissioner as of January first, two\nthousand nineteen, acceptable proof of identity shall also include, but\nnot be limited to, a valid, unexpired foreign passport issued by the\napplicant's country of citizenship (which shall also be eligible as\nproof of age), a valid, unexpired consular identification document\nissued by a consulate from the applicant's country of citizenship, or a\nvalid foreign driver's license that includes a photo image of the\napplicant and which is unexpired or expired for less than twenty-four\nmonths of its date of expiration, as primary forms of such proof.\nNothing contained in this subdivision shall be deemed to preclude the\ncommissioner from approving additional proofs of identity and age. The\nlicense shall display the sex designation of M, F, or X as certified by\nthe applicant, with no additional documentation required. The applicant\nmay amend the sex designation of their driver's license upon request.\nUpon amendment of the sex designation, the change shall be made\nconsistent through all affiliated records within the control of the\ndepartment. The commissioner may also provide that the application\nprocedure shall include the taking of a photo image or images of the\napplicant in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the\ncommissioner. In addition, the commissioner also shall require that the\napplicant provide such applicant's social security number or, in lieu\nthereof, with respect to an application for a non-commercial driver's\nlicense or learner's permit which does not meet federal standards for\nidentification, an affidavit signed by such applicant that they have not\nbeen issued a social security number. The commissioner also shall\nprovide space on the application so that the applicant may request a\nnotation upon such license that such applicant is a veteran of the\nUnited States armed forces, and space on the application so that the\napplicant may request a notation upon such license that he or she is a\nveteran of the United States armed forces, and space on the application\nso that the applicant may register in the New York state organ and\ntissue donor registry under section forty-three hundred ten of the\npublic health law with the following stated on the application in clear\nand conspicuous type:\n "You must fill out the following section: Would you like to be added\nto the Donate Life Registry? Check box for 'yes' or 'skip this\nquestion'."\n The commissioner of health shall not maintain records of any person\nwho checks "skip this question". Except where the application is made in\nperson or electronically, failure to check a box shall not impair the\nvalidity of an application, and failure to check "yes" or checking "skip\nthis question" shall not be construed to imply a wish not to donate. In\nthe case of an applicant under eighteen years of age, checking "yes"\nshall not constitute consent to make an anatomical gift or registration\nin the donate life registry, except as otherwise provided pursuant to\nthe provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of section\nforty-three hundred one of the public health law. Where an applicant has\npreviously consented to make an anatomical gift or registered in the\ndonate life registry, checking "skip this question" or failing to check\na box shall not impair that consent or registration. In addition, an\napplicant for a commercial driver's license who will operate a\ncommercial motor vehicle in i
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