2013 New York Consolidated Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 28 - (430 - 447) PRACTICE OF BARBERING
433 - Powers of the secretary of state.

 
    § 433. Powers of the secretary of state. In addition to the powers and
  duties  elsewhere  prescribed  in  this  article, the secretary of state
  shall have power:   1. To appoint  an  adequate  number  of  assistants,
  inspectors  and  other  employees  as  may be necessary to carry out the
  provisions of this article, to prescribe their duties, and to fix  their
  compensation within the amount appropriated therefor.
    2.  To  examine  into the qualifications and fitness of applicants for
  licenses or  certificates  and  of  prospective  applicants  under  this
  article.
    3. To require all persons licensed or registered under this article to
  submit  to physical examination by a physician selected by the secretary
  of state.
    4. To keep records of all licenses issued, suspended or revoked.
    5. To prepare a manual of rules and regulations  for  the  conduct  of
  examinations  and to furnish copies thereof to persons desiring the same
  upon payment of a reasonable fee therefor.
    6. To adopt such rules  and  regulations  not  inconsistent  with  the
  provisions of this article, as may be necessary with respect to the form
  and  content  of  applications  for licenses, the reception thereof, the
  investigation  and  examination   of   applicants   and/or   prospective
  applicants  taking  examinations and their qualifications, and the other
  matters incidental or appropriate to the secretary of state's powers and
  duties as prescribed by this article and for the  proper  administration
  and  enforcement  of  the  provisions  of  this article, and to amend or
  repeal any of such rules and regulations.
    7. To  grant  a  temporary  license  to  engage  in  the  practice  of
  barbering,  in  his  own discretion, where a situation exists which will
  render a hardship on a community to be without a licensed  barber.  Such
  temporary  license  shall  be  granted  to  a holder of a certificate of
  registration as an apprentice who has had some training or experience in
  the practice of barbering and  shall  be  valid  only  as  long  as  the
  secretary  of  state  may  decide,  or as long as the hardship condition
  exists.