{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8504","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 8504","heading":"Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapist","body":"§ 8504. Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapist.  To\nqualify for a license as a respiratory therapist, an applicant shall\nfulfill the following requirements:\n  1. Application: file an application with the department;\n  2. Education: have received an education, including completion of an\napproved associate degree program in respiratory therapy or in a program\ndetermined by the department to be the equivalent;\n  3. Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n  4. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in\naccordance with the commissioner's regulations;\n  5. Age: be at least eighteen years of age;\n  6. Character: be of good moral character as determined by the\ndepartment; and\n  7. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred seventy-five dollars to the\ndepartment for admission to a department conducted examination and for\nan initial license; a fee of eighty-five dollars for each\nre-examination; a fee of one hundred fifteen dollars for an initial\nlicense for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted\nexamination and a fee of one hundred fifty-five dollars for each\ntriennial registration period commencing on and after June first,\nnineteen hundred ninety-three.","path":["Education Law","Title 8. The Professions","Article 164. Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/EDN/8504","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"ecc0f1fb0f908304b093624eff8740a69fb7c3f53e0c82f19a4c3a5800476ba7","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8503","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8504-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}