N.Y. Education Law § 8510: Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapy technician

§ 8510. Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapy

technician. To qualify for a license as a respiratory therapy

technician an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

1. Application: file an application with the department;

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

school or its equivalent and have completed an approved one-year

certificate respiratory therapy education program, or a program

determined equivalent, in accordance with the commissioner's

regulations;

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 ninety dollars to the department for admission

to a department conducted examination and for an initial license; a fee

of sixty dollars for each re-examination; a fee of fifty dollars for an

initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department

conducted examination and a fee of ninety dollars for each triennial

registration period commencing on and after June first, nineteen hundred

ninety-three.