2006 New York Code - Distinctive Plates For New York State Licensed Dentists Who Are Members Of The New York State Dental Association.

 
    * §  404-r*.  Distinctive  plates for New York state licensed dentists
  who are members of the New York State Dental  Association.  1.  Any  New
  York  state  licensed  dentist residing in this state who is a member of
  the New York State Dental Association as established pursuant to chapter
  six hundred eighty-three of the laws of  nineteen  hundred  ninety-seven
  shall,  upon  request,  be  issued  a  license  plate  formatted  at the
  discretion of the department bearing the letters "DDS" or "DMD" and  the
  official  logo  of  the  New York State Dental Association. Such license
  plate need not contain the statue of  liberty  logo.  If  a  distinctive
  plate  is  issued  to a New York state licensed dentist pursuant to this
  section, such distinctive plate shall not be issued  to  the  spouse  of
  such  member.    Application  for  said  license shall be filed with the
  commissioner  in  such  form  and  detail  as  the  commissioner   shall
  prescribe, and shall be verified annually by the applicant.
    2. The distinctive plate authorized in subdivision one of this section
  shall  be  issued upon proof, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the
  applicant is presently a dentist licensed to practice in  the  state  of
  New York and a member of the New York State Dental Association.
    3. A distinctive plate issued pursuant to this section shall be issued
  in  the  same  manner as other number plates upon payment of the regular
  registration fee prescribed by section four hundred one of this  article
  and  an  additional  annual  service  charge  of  thirty dollars. Twenty
  dollars from each thirty dollars  received  as  annual  service  charges
  under  this  section  shall be deposited to a fund for the credit of the
  Percy T. Phillips Educational Foundation of The Dental  Society  of  the
  State of New York, said fund established as a revolving fund pursuant to
  section  ninety-seven-www  of  the state finance law; provided, however,
  that one year after the effective date of this  section,  funds  in  the
  amount  of five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be available
  shall be allocated from such fund to  the  department  to  offset  costs
  associated with the production of such license plates.
    * NB There are 2 § 404-r's