N.Y. Education Law § 8504: Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapist

§ 8504. Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapist. To

qualify for a license as a respiratory therapist, an applicant shall

fulfill the following requirements:

1. Application: file an application with the department;

2. Education: have received an education, including completion of an

approved associate degree program in respiratory therapy or in a program

determined by the department to be the equivalent;

3. Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in

accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

4. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in

accordance with the commissioner's regulations;

5. Age: be at least eighteen years of age;

6. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the

department; and

7. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the

department for admission to a department conducted examination and for

an initial license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each

re-examination; a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial

license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted

examination and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each

triennial registration period commencing on and after June first,

nineteen hundred ninety-three.