N.Y. GBS Law § 437
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Apprentices
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§ 437. Apprentices. 1. Each applicant for a certificate of\nregistration as an apprentice shall make an application which shall\ninclude the physician's certificate required by paragraph (c) and the\ncertificate of completion required by paragraph (e-1) of subdivision one\nof section four hundred thirty-four, two recent photographs, and which\ncertificate shall contain such other information required by such\nsection and in such form as the secretary of state may prescribe.\n 2. A certificate of registration as an apprentice shall be for a\nperiod of four years.\n 3. Each certificate of registration issued as provided in this section\nshall be posted in some conspicuous place in the barber shop in which\nthe apprentice is actually engaged in the practice of barbering as an\napprentice.\n 4. A certificate of registration expiring in any year, which has not\nbeen revoked, may, upon payment of the fee prescribed by this article,\nbe renewed for additional periods of four years upon filing an\napplication therefor and the certificate mentioned in subdivision two on\ncondition, however, that no certificate of registration may be issued\nafter one renewal, unless the applicant for such certificate of\nregistration has complied with all the provisions of this article\nrelating to apprentices.\n
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