N.Y. Educ. Law § 6956

§ 6956. Prior nurse-midwifery certification. Any individual who is\ncertified as a nurse-midwife pursuant to section twenty-five hundred\nsixty of the public health law before June first, nineteen hundred\nninety-six, shall be deemed to be licensed as a midwife under this\narticle; provided that each such certified nurse-midwife shall, prior to\nthat date, submit evidence of such certification to the department\ntogether with the appropriate fee required by subdivision seven of\nsection sixty-nine hundred fifty-five of this article. Any individual\ncertified as a nurse-midwife pursuant to section twenty-five hundred\nsixty of the public health law (i) may practice under that section until\nit is repealed, but (ii) shall not practice pursuant to this article\nuntil after receiving approval from the commissioner and submitting the\nfee required by subdivision seven of section sixty-nine hundred\nfifty-five of this article.\n