N.Y. EDN Law § 8504

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Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapist

Official statutory text

§ 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.\n

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