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Education Law § 8510 · Article 164. Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians

Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapy technician

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§ 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.

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