8510 - Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapy technician.

§ 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.