N.Y. Education Law Section 8510
Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapy technician

To qualify for a license as a respiratory therapy technician an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:

1.

Application: file an application with the department;

2.

Education: have received an education including completion of high school or its equivalent and have completed an approved one-year certificate respiratory therapy education program, or a program determined equivalent, in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

3.

Experience: have experience satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

4.

Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board and in accordance with the commissioner’s regulations;

5.

Age: be at least eighteen years of age;

6.

Character: be of good moral character as determined by the department; and

7.

Fees: pay a fee of ninety dollars to the department for admission to a department conducted examination and for an initial license; a fee of sixty dollars for each re-examination; a fee of fifty dollars for an initial license for persons not requiring admission to a department conducted examination and a fee of ninety dollars for each triennial registration period commencing on and after June first, nineteen hundred ninety-three.

Source: Section 8510 — Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapy technician, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/8510 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Apr. 27, 2024).

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