N.Y. EDN Law § 8708

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Licensure without examination

Official statutory text

§ 8708. Licensure without examination. 1. Within eighteen months of\nthe effective date of regulations implementing the provisions of this\narticle, the department may issue a license to practice medical physics\nwith special competency in one or more specialties in this state,\nwithout an examination, to a person who meets the requirements of\nsubdivisions one, five and six of section eighty-seven hundred five of\nthis article and who in addition has an earned bachelor's, master's or\ndoctoral degree from an accredited college or university that signifies\nthe completion of a course of study acceptable to the department, and\nhas demonstrated to the department's satisfaction, in the case of an\nearned bachelor's degree, the completion of at least fifteen years of\nfull-time work experience in the medical physics specialty for which\napplication is made, or, in the case of an earned master's or doctoral\ndegree, the completion of at least two years of full-time work\nexperience in the five years preceding the date of application in the\nmedical physics specialty for which application is made and the\nequivalent of one year or more of full-time work experience in the ten\nyears preceding the date of application for each additional specialty\nfor which application is made.\n 2. On receipt of an application and fee pursuant to section\neighty-seven hundred five of this article, the department may issue a\nlicense to practice medical physics with special competency in one or\nmore specialties in this state to a person who holds a license to\npractice medical physics in another state, territory or jurisdiction\nthat has requirements for licensing of medical physicists which the\ndepartment determines to be substantially the same as the requirements\nof this article.\n

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