N.Y. Education Law § 6633: Special provisions

§ 6633. Special provisions. An individual who meets the requirements

for a license as a licensed perfusionist except for examination,

experience and education and who meets the requirements enumerated under

subdivisions one or two of this section may be licensed without meeting

additional requirements provided that such individual submits an

application to the department within two years of the effective date of

this section:

1. Applicants may be licensed if they have been practicing as a

perfusionist for five years in the past ten years in an inpatient unit

that provides cardiac surgery services in a hospital approved by the

department of health or a substantially equivalent accrediting body

acceptable to the committee and the department at least three of such

years of experience having occurred during the past five years;

2. Applicants who possess certification from a national certification

organization acceptable to the committee and the department may be

licensed if they have been employed as a perfusionist for three of the

past five years.