2014 New York Laws
EDN - Education
Title 8 - THE PROFESSIONS
Article 139 - (6900 - 6911) NURSING
6906 - Requirements for a license as a licensed practical nurse.

 6906. Requirements  for a license as a licensed practical nurse.  To
  qualify for a license as a licensed practical nurse, an applicant  shall
  fulfill these requirements:
(1) Application: file an application with the department;
(2) Education: have received an education including completion of high
  school  or  its  equivalent,  and  have completed a program in practical
  nursing,  in  accordance  with  the   commissioner's   regulations,   or
  completion  of  equivalent  study  satisfactory  to  the department in a
  program conducted by the armed forces of the  United  States  or  in  an
  approved program in professional nursing;
(3) Experience: meet no requirement as to experience;
(4)  Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in
  accordance with the commissioner's regulations, provided, however,  that
  the  educational  requirements  set  forth  in  subdivision  two of this
  section are met prior to admission for the licensing examination;
(5) Age: be at least seventeen years of age;
(6) Citizenship: meet no requirements as to United States citizenship;
(7) Character: be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by  the
  department; and
(8)  Fees:  pay a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars to the department
  for admission to a department conducted examination and for  an  initial
  license,  a  fee  of forty-five dollars for each reexamination, a fee of
  seventy dollars  for  an  initial  license  for  persons  not  requiring
  admission  to  a  department  conducted  examination, and a fee of fifty
  dollars for each triennial registration period.