(a) The department may issue a certificate of registration to a sponsoring institution with an educational program that is recognized by the department as leading to licensure as a radiologic technologist if a sponsoring institution fulfills the following requirements in a manner acceptable to the department:

1. (1) files an application for registration with the department on such forms as the department may prescribe;
2. (2) provides documentation describing the sponsoring institution’s financial resources, instructional curriculum, faculty, classroom and clinical facilities, student policies and administrative organization;
3. (3) passes a site inspection of the sponsoring institution's administrative, didactic and clinical facilities conducted by the department, the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology or other accrediting body approved by the department; and
4. (4) upon request, provides documentation from any accrediting organization of any certification or approval of the educational program.

(c) The department may deny, revoke or suspend a certificate of registration or a provisional certificate of registration upon a determination by the department that:

1. (1) the sponsoring institution has not, or is not likely to comply with this Part, applicable regulations, or the Public Health Law;
2. (2) the sponsoring institution has not complied with the standards and policies of the accrediting organization that approved or recognized its educational program; or
3. (3) the educational program does not have any students for a period of two successive years. The department shall notify the sponsoring institution of its intent to deny, revoke or terminate a certificate of registration or provisional certificate of registration. The sponsoring institution may, within 30 days of notification, petition the department in writing for a review. The sponsoring institution shall then be given the opportunity to be heard by the commissioner or his or her designee.