§ 3507. Registration. 1. A license shall be valid during the life of the holder unless revoked, annulled or suspended by the commissioner. A practicing licensee must register with the department.

2. The commissioner shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section including, but not limited to, establishing staggered registration periods and the beginning dates thereof; assigning licensees to specific registration periods through appropriate classification or grouping; setting deadline dates for making application for registration; prescribing the form and content of the certificate of registration; and establishing other reasonable requirements, including appropriate proration of registration fees.

3. A person licensed under this article must register with the department prior to commencing practice. The department shall register each licensee who submits an application on a form prescribed by the commissioner and who pays a registration fee of twenty dollars per year.

4. Any licensee authorized to practice under this article, undertaking practice for the first time or resuming practice after a voluntary lapse of registration, may commence practice upon mailing to the department the proper application for registration together with the required fee, provided, however, that such practice without actual possession of the certificate of registration is limited to thirty days. Any such licensee whose application for registration is submitted subsequent to the beginning of the registration period applicable to such licensee shall only be required to pay one-half of the fee if the registration period is less than one-half the whole thereof.

5. Upon receipt of satisfactory evidence that a certificate of registration has been lost, mutilated or destroyed, the department may issue a duplicate certificate upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner shall prescribe.

6. The department may waive registration fees for a licensee who registers after an elapsed period under the following circumstances:

(a) the registration period has expired; and

(b) the licensee provides the department with a notarized statement attesting to the fact that the licensee has not practiced within this state during the elapsed registration period.

7. The department may require that licensees provide proof of completion of continuing education credits for registration of their license or intravenous contrast administration certificate in accordance with the commissioner's regulations.