{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8510","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 8510","heading":"Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapy technician","body":"§ 8510. Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapy\ntechnician.  To qualify for a license as a respiratory therapy\ntechnician an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:\n  1. Application: file an application with the department;\n  2. Education: have received an education including completion of high\nschool or its equivalent and have completed an approved one-year\ncertificate  respiratory therapy education program, or a program\ndetermined equivalent, in accordance with the commissioner's\nregulations;\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 ninety dollars to the department for admission\nto a department conducted examination and for an initial license; a fee\nof sixty dollars for each re-examination; a fee of fifty dollars for an\ninitial license for persons not requiring admission to a department\nconducted examination and a fee of ninety dollars for each triennial\nregistration period commencing on and after June first, nineteen hundred\nninety-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/8510","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"32dc5be899445c8cf709cef6f16611af62fe763cfcd83e98f4a2420fe0fb6e6d","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8509","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8510-a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}