N.Y. VAT Law § 510-AA

§ 510-aa. Downgrade of commercial driver's licenses. A commercial\ndriver's license shall be downgraded to a non-commercial driver's\nlicense by the commissioner within sixty days of the holder's medical\ncertification status becoming "not-certified" based upon the expiration\nof the holder's medical certification or medical variance documentation\nrequired by the federal motor carrier safety improvement act of 1999 and\nPart 383.71(h) of title 49 of the code of federal regulations, or upon\nthe holder's failure to submit such medical certification or medical\nvariance documentation at such intervals as required by the federal\nmotor carrier safety improvement act of 1999 and Part 383.71(h) of title\n49 of the code of federal regulations and in a manner prescribed by the\ncommissioner. A commercial driver's license shall also be downgraded to\na non-commercial driver's license by the commissioner within sixty days\nof the holder's medical certification status becoming "not-certified"\nbased upon receipt of information from the issuing medical examiner or\nthe federal motor carrier safety administration that a medical\ncertification or medical variance was issued in error or rescinded. Such\ndowngrade shall be terminated, and the commercial driver's license\nrestored, upon: (1) the holder's submission of the required valid\nmedical examiner's certificate or medical variance documentation; or (2)\nthe holder's self-certification specifying the type of commercial motor\nvehicle operation he or she engages, or expects to engage in, and that\nthe holder is therefore not subject to the physical qualification\nrequirements of the federal motor carrier safety improvement act of 1999\nand Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of the code of federal regulations. The\ncommissioner shall, upon a holder's status becoming "not-certified",\nnotify the holder of such commercial driver's license by first class\nmail to the address of such person on file with the department or at the\ncurrent address provided by the United States postal service of his or\nher "not-certified" medical certification status and that his or her\ncommercial driver's license will be downgraded to a non-commercial\ndriver's license unless he or she submits a current medical certificate\nand/or medical variance in accordance with Part 383.71(h) of title 49 of\nthe code of federal regulations or changes his or her self-certification\nto driving only in excepted or intrastate commerce in accordance with\nPart 383.71(b)(ii)(B), (C) or (D) of title 49 of the code of federal\nregulations.\n