N.Y. EDN Law § 8512

§ 8512. Exempt persons. This article shall not prohibit:\n 1. a respiratory therapy student or a respiratory therapy technician\nstudent from engaging in clinical assistance under the supervision of a\nlicensed respiratory therapist or a licensed or otherwise legally\nauthorized physician as an integral part of a program of study by\nstudents enrolled in an approved respiratory therapy technician program\nor in a clinical facility or health care agency affiliated with the\nprogram for respiratory therapy technicians; or\n 2. the performance of any of the tasks or responsibilities included in\nthe definition of respiratory therapy technician by any other duly\nlicensed, certified or registered health care provider, provided that\nsuch tasks or responsibilities are within the scope of his or her\npractice; or\n 3. unlicensed assistants from being employed in a hospital, as defined\nin article twenty-eight of the public health law, for purposes other\nthan the practice of respiratory therapy technician; or\n 4. the practice of respiratory therapy by any legally qualified\nrespiratory therapy practitioner of any other state or territory who is\nserving in the armed forces or the public health service of the United\nStates or who is employed by the veterans administration, while engaged\nin the performance of his or her duties.\n