N.Y. EDN Law § 8510
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Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapy technician
Official statutory text
§ 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.\n
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