N.Y. Education Law § 8513: Special provisions

§ 8513. Special provisions. A person shall be licensed without

examination provided that, within one year of the effective date of this

article, the individual:

1. files an application and pays the appropriate fees to the

department; and

2. (a) is certified by a national certifying or accrediting board for

respiratory therapy technicians acceptable to the department, or

(b) has practiced as a respiratory therapy technician in a hospital,

as defined in article twenty-eight of the public health law, in the

state for not less than two years within the last five years, or

(c) has met the educational standards of a hospital, as defined in

article twenty-eight of the public health law, or, in the case of a

hospital operated by a public benefit corporation, has met the

educational standards of such corporation, and has practiced as a

respiratory therapy technician for at least one year in such hospital.