{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8513","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Education Law § 8513","heading":"Special provisions","body":"§ 8513. Special provisions. A person shall be licensed without\nexamination provided that, within one year of the effective date of this\narticle, the individual:\n  1. files an application and pays the appropriate fees to the\ndepartment; and\n  2. (a) is certified by a national certifying or accrediting board for\nrespiratory therapy technicians acceptable to the department, or\n  (b) has practiced as a respiratory therapy technician in a hospital,\nas defined in article twenty-eight of the public health law, in the\nstate for not less than two years within the last five years, or\n  (c) has met the educational standards of a hospital, as defined in\narticle twenty-eight of the public health law, or, in the case of a\nhospital operated by a public benefit corporation, has met the\neducational standards of such corporation, and has practiced as a\nrespiratory therapy technician for at least one year in such hospital.","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/8513","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"8ef28d694d0bb9d4e0586e6ec7caf7284d33cb4824d0c86a98dbe24611263fe7","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8512","next":"us-ny/n.y.-education-law-8600"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}