2006 New York Code - Requirements For A Professional License.

 
    § 6955. Requirements  for  a  professional license.   To qualify for a
  license  as  a  midwife,  an  applicant  shall  fulfill  the   following
  requirements:
    1. Application: file an application with the department.
    2. Education: satisfactorily;
    (a)  complete educational preparation (degree or diploma granting) for
  the practice of nursing, followed by or  concurrently  with  educational
  preparation  for  the  practice  of  midwifery  in  accordance  with the
  commissioner's regulations, or
    (b) submit evidence  of  license  or  certification,  the  educational
  preparation  for  which is determined by the department to be equivalent
  to the foregoing,  from  any  state  or  country,  satisfactory  to  the
  department and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations, or
    (c)  complete  a program determined by the department to be equivalent
  to the foregoing and in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.
    3. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the department and
  in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.
    4. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age.
    5. Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by  the
  department.
    6. Citizenship or immigration status: be a United States citizen or an
  alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States.
    7.  Fee: pay a fee of one hundred ninety dollars to the department for
  admission to a department conducted examination for an initial  license,
  a  fee  of  one  hundred  dollars  for each re-examination, a fee of one
  hundred fifteen dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring
  admission to a department conducted examination, a fee  of  one  hundred
  eighty  dollars  for  each  triennial  registration  period and a fee of
  seventy dollars for a limited permit.