Any person, who has been appointed a peace officer of the State or any municipality or employer of the State of New York and who has formerly been permanently appointed a peace officer or police officer of the United States, or of any territory or possession thereof, or of the District of Columbia, or of any of the United States or its subdivisions, or who has satisfactorily completed the pre-employment police basic training program as prescribed in section 6026.3 of this Title, other than a person who has been removed from said appointment pursuant to section 6056.4(c)(4) or (5) of this Title, may apply to the commissioner for leave to substitute satisfactory completion of a course of basic training completed in such other jurisdiction or may apply to the commissioner for leave to substitute satisfactory completion of the pre-employment police basic training program in satisfaction of all or part of the requirements of an approved basic course for peace officers imposed under section 2.30 of the Criminal Procedure Law. The commissioner shall review and evaluate all such applications and may require the applicant to submit such additional documentation as he or she shall deem necessary. If, upon review and evaluation of such application, the commissioner determines that a program of peace officer basic training completed by the applicant in another jurisdiction or the pre-employment police basic training program completed by the application meets or exceeds all or part of the minimum standards prescribed in section 6025.3 of this Part, the commissioner may authorize such training to be substituted for such requirements of the basic course as he or she shall deem appropriate. The commissioner shall certify, in writing, the extent to which all or part of the curriculum of the basic course may be waived and any noted deficiencies must be satisfactorily completed at a basic course approved by the commissioner, within the period of time prescribed in section 6025.7 of this Part. Applicants for equivalency certificates shall be subject to the same limitations and requirements as prescribed in sections 6025.6 and 6025.7 of this Part and section 2.30 of the Criminal Procedure Law.