(a) The requirements of this subpart shall apply to all newly admitted attorneys, who are not exempt from these requirements pursuant to section 1500.5(b) of this Part, during the first two years after their admission to the Bar of the State of New York.
(b) A newly admitted attorney is an attorney who has successfully passed the New York State Bar examination administered by the State Board of Law Examiners and who becomes duly admitted to the practice of law in New York after October 1, 1997.
(c) Attorneys who have been engaged in the practice of law in another state, the District of Columbia, any territory of the United States or any foreign jurisdiction, for at least five of the seven years immediately preceding admission to the New York Bar, shall not be deemed newly admitted attorneys for the purposes of this subpart, and shall be required to comply with the requirements of subpart C of this Part to the extent they are applicable.