2006 New York Code - Special Provision.

 
    § 7006. Special  provision.  1.  No  corporation,  except  a  hospital
  corporation authorized under article forty-three of the insurance law or
  a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the state of  New
  York  which,  on  or  before  the  first  day of March, nineteen hundred
  forty-two, was legally incorporated to practice podiatry, shall practice
  podiatry, and then only through licensed podiatrists and  shall  conform
  to board of regents rules. No corporation organized to practice podiatry
  shall  change  its  name or sell its franchise or transfer its corporate
  rights directly or indirectly, by transfer of capital stock  control  or
  otherwise,  to  any  person or to another corporation without permission
  from the department and any corporation  so  changing  its  name  or  so
  transferring  its  franchise or corporate rights without such permission
  or found guilty of violating a board of regents rule shall be deemed  to
  have forfeited its right to exist and shall be dissolved by a proceeding
  brought by the attorney general.
    2.  Any  manufacturer  or merchant may sell, advertise, fit, or adjust
  proprietary foot remedies, arch supports, corrective foot appliances  or
  shoes.
    3.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special
  or local law, any licensed podiatrist who voluntarily  and  without  the
  expectation  of  monetary  compensation  renders  first aid or emergency
  treatment at the scene of an accident or other emergency, outside  of  a
  hospital  or  any  other  place  having  proper  and  necessary  medical
  equipment, to a person who is unconscious, ill or injured shall  not  be
  liable  for  damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by such
  person or for damages for the death  of  such  person  alleged  to  have
  occurred  by reason of an act or omission in the rendering of such first
  aid or emergency treatment unless it is established that  such  injuries
  were  or  such  death was caused by gross negligence on the part of such
  podiatrist. Nothing in this subdivision shall be deemed or construed  to
  relieve a licensed podiatrist from liability for damages for injuries or
  death  caused  by  an  act or omission on the part of a podiatrist while
  rendering professional services in the normal  and  ordinary  course  of
  practice.
    4.   An  unlicensed  person  may  provide  supportive  services  to  a
  podiatrist incidental to and concurrent with such podiatrist  personally
  performing  a service or procedure. Nothing in this subdivision shall be
  construed to allow an unlicensed person to  provide  any  service  which
  constitutes  the  practice  of  podiatry  as defined in this article. An
  unlicensed person providing supportive  services  to  a  podiatrist  may
  operate  radiographic  equipment  under  direct supervision for the sole
  purpose of foot radiography provided that such person completes a course
  of  study  acceptable  to  the  department  in  consultation  with   the
  department of health.