N.Y. Education Law Section 8513
Special provisions

A person shall be licensed without examination provided that, within one year of the effective date of this article, the individual:

1.

files an application and pays the appropriate fees to the department; and

2.

(a) is certified by a national certifying or accrediting board for respiratory therapy technicians acceptable to the department, or

(b)

has practiced as a respiratory therapy technician in a hospital, as defined in article twenty-eight of the public health law, in the state for not less than two years within the last five years, or

(c)

has met the educational standards of a hospital, as defined in article twenty-eight of the public health law, or, in the case of a hospital operated by a public benefit corporation, has met the educational standards of such corporation, and has practiced as a respiratory therapy technician for at least one year in such hospital.

Source: Section 8513 — Special provisions, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/EDN/8513 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed Jul. 12, 2025).

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