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2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 163 - Mental Health Practitioners › 8407 - Boundaries of Professional Competency.

§ 8407. Boundaries of professional competency. * 1. It shall be deemed
practicing  outside the boundaries of his or her professional competence
for a person licensed pursuant to this article, in the case of treatment
of any serious mental illness, to provide any mental health service  for
such  illness  on  a  continuous  and  sustained basis without a medical
evaluation of  the  illness  by,  and  consultation  with,  a  physician
regarding  such  illness. Such medical evaluation and consultation shall
be to determine and advise whether any medical  care  is  indicated  for
such  illness.  For  purposes  of this section, "serious mental illness"
means schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar  disorder,  major
depressive  disorder,  panic  disorder,  obsessive-compulsive  disorder,
attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism.
* NB Effective until June 24, 2024
* 1. It shall be deemed practicing outside the boundaries  of  his  or
her  professional  competence  for  a  person  licensed pursuant to this
article, in the case of treatment of  any  serious  mental  illness,  to
provide  any  mental health service for such illness on a continuous and
sustained basis without a medical evaluation  of  the  illness  by,  and
consultation  with,  a  physician  regarding  such  illness, unless such
licensed professional has been  issued  a  privilege  to  diagnosis  and
develop assessment-based treatment plans by the department. Such medical
evaluation and consultation shall be to determine and advise whether any
medical  care  is  indicated  for  such  illness.  For  purposes of this
section, "serious mental illness" means  schizophrenia,  schizoaffective
disorder,  bipolar  disorder, major depressive disorder, panic disorder,
obsessive-compulsive disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity  disorder
and autism.
* NB Effective June 24, 2024
2.  Any individual whose license or authority to practice derives from
the provisions of this article shall be prohibited from:
(a) prescribing or administering drugs as defined in this chapter as a
treatment, therapy, or professional service in the practice  of  his  or
her profession; or
(b) using invasive procedures as a treatment, therapy, or professional
service  in  the practice of his or her profession. For purposes of this
subdivision, "invasive procedure" means any  procedure  in  which  human
tissue  is cut, altered, or otherwise infiltrated by mechanical or other
means. Invasive procedure includes surgery, lasers, ionizing  radiation,
therapeutic ultrasound, or electroconvulsive therapy.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 163 - Mental Health Practitioners › 8409 - Limited Permits.

§  8409.  Limited  permits.  The  following requirements for a limited
  permit shall apply to all professions licensed pursuant to this article:
1. The department may issue a limited permit to an applicant who meets
  all  qualifications  for  licensure,  except  the   examination   and/or
  experience  requirements,  or  to an applicant who is gaining experience
  for the diagnostic privilege, in accordance with regulations promulgated
  therefor.
2. Limited permits shall be for two years; such limited permits may be
  renewed, at the discretion of the department, for up to  two  additional
  one year periods.
3.  The  fee  for  each  limited  permit and for each renewal shall be
  seventy dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 163 - Mental Health Practitioners › 8411 - Special Provisions.

§  8411.  Special  provisions.  1.  This  section  shall  apply to all
professions  licensed  pursuant  to  this  article,   unless   otherwise
provided.
2.  Any  nonexempt  person  practicing  a  profession  to  be licensed
pursuant to this article shall apply for a license  of  said  profession
within one year of the effective date of the specified profession.
(a)  If  such  person  does  not  meet  the requirements for a license
established within  this  article,  such  person  may  meet  alternative
criteria  determined  by the department to be the substantial equivalent
of such criteria.
(b) If such person meets the requirements for  a  license  established
within  this  article, except for examination, and has been certified or
registered  by  a  national  certifying  or  registering   body   having
certification  or registration standards acceptable to the commissioner,
the department shall license without examination.
(c) If such person meets the requirements for  a  license  established
within  this  article,  except  for  examination,  and  there  exists no
national  certifying  or  registering  body  having   certification   or
registration  standards  acceptable  to the commissioner, the department
shall license without examination  if  the  applicant  submits  evidence
satisfactory to the department of having been engaged in the practice of
the  specified profession for at least five of the immediately preceding
eight years.
3. Any person licensed pursuant  to  this  article  may  use  accepted
classifications  of  signs,  symptoms,  dysfunctions  and  disorders, as
approved in accordance with regulations promulgated by  the  department,
in the practice of such licensed profession.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8500 - Introduction.

§ 8500. Introduction.    This  article  applies  to  the  practice  of
  respiratory therapy  and  provides  for  the  licensing  of  respiratory
  therapists  and  respiratory therapy technicians. The general provisions
  for all professions contained in article  one  hundred  thirty  of  this
  title shall apply to this article.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8501 - Definition of the Practice of Respiratory Therapy.

§ 8501. Definition   of  the  practice  of  respiratory  therapy.  The
  practice of the  profession  of  respiratory  therapy,  which  shall  be
  undertaken  pursuant  to  the direction of a duly licensed physician, is
  defined as the performance of  cardiopulmonary  evaluation,  respiratory
  therapy  treatment  techniques, and education of the patient, family and
  public.
1.  Evaluation   shall   include   the   acquisition,   analysis   and
  interpretation of data obtained from physiological specimens, performing
  diagnostic tests, studies and research of the cardiopulmonary system and
  neurophysiological studies related to respiratory care.
2.  Therapy  shall  include  the application and monitoring of medical
  gases (excluding anesthetic gases) and  environmental  control  systems,
  mechanical ventilatory support, artificial airway care, bronchopulmonary
  hygiene,  pharmacologic  agents  related to respiratory care procedures,
  and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation related and  limited  to  respiratory
  care.
3.  Respiratory  therapy  services  may  be  performed  pursuant  to a
  prescription of a licensed physician or certified nurse practitioner.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8502 - Practice of Respiratory Therapy and Use of the Title "Respiratory Therapist".

§ 8502. Practice   of   respiratory  therapy  and  use  of  the  title
  "respiratory therapist".  1. Only a person licensed or exempt under this
  article shall practice respiratory therapy or use the title "respiratory
  therapist".
2. A licensed respiratory therapist may supervise respiratory  therapy
  technicians  in  the  practice of their profession in such capacities as
  are prescribed by law and as from  time  to  time  may  be  set  by  the
  commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8503 - State Board for Respiratory Therapy.

§ 8503. State  board  for  respiratory  therapy.    A  state board for
  respiratory therapy shall be appointed by the board of  regents  on  the
  recommendation  of  the  commissioner  for  the purpose of assisting the
  board of regents and the department on matters of professional licensing
  and conduct in accordance with section sixty-five hundred eight of  this
  title.  The  board  shall  be  composed  of  not less than five licensed
  respiratory therapists, two licensed  respiratory  therapy  technicians,
  and  four  additional  members  who  shall include at least one licensed
  physician and at least one public member. Members of the first board who
  are respiratory therapy practitioners need  not  be  licensed  prior  to
  appointment  on  the  board, provided, however, that the first appointed
  respiratory therapists shall be registered by a national  certifying  or
  accrediting  board, acceptable to the department and the first appointed
  respiratory  therapy  technicians  shall  be  certified  by  a  national
  certifying  or  accrediting  board,  acceptable  to  the  department. An
  executive secretary to the board shall be  appointed  by  the  board  of
  regents on recommendation of the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8504 - Requirements for Licensure as a Respiratory Therapist.

§ 8504. Requirements  for  licensure  as a respiratory therapist.   To
  qualify for a license as a respiratory  therapist,  an  applicant  shall
  fulfill the following requirements:
1. Application: file an application with the department;
2.  Education:  have received an education, including completion of an
  approved associate degree program in respiratory therapy or in a program
  determined by the department to be the equivalent;
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  one  hundred  seventy-five  dollars to the
  department for admission to a department conducted examination  and  for
  an   initial   license;   a   fee   of   eighty-five  dollars  for  each
  re-examination; a fee of one hundred  fifteen  dollars  for  an  initial
  license  for  persons  not requiring admission to a department conducted
  examination and a  fee  of  one  hundred  fifty-five  dollars  for  each
  triennial  registration  period  commencing  on  and  after  June first,
  nineteen hundred ninety-three.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8505 - Exempt Persons.

§ 8505. Exempt persons. This article shall not prohibit:
1.  The  practice  of  respiratory  therapy  as  an integral part of a
  program of study by students enrolled in  approved  respiratory  therapy
  education programs;
2. The performance of any of the modalities included in the definition
  of  respiratory  therapy  by  any  other  duly  licensed,  certified  or
  registered health care  provider,  provided  that  such  modalities  are
  within the scope of his or her practice;
3. Unlicensed assistants from being employed in a hospital, as defined
  in  article  twenty-eight  of  the public health law, for purposes other
  than the practice of respiratory therapy;
4. The practice  of  respiratory  therapy  by  any  legally  qualified
  respiratory  therapy practitioner of any other state or territory who is
  serving in the armed forces or the public health service of  the  United
  States  or who is employed by the veterans administration, while engaged
  in the performance of his or her duties.
5. The provision of polysomnographic technology services,  as  defined
  by   the  commissioner,  by  an  individual,  under  the  direction  and
  supervision of a licensed  physician,  who  has  obtained  authorization
  issued  by  the  department.  Such  authorization  shall  be  issued  to
  individuals  who  have  met  standards,  including  those  relating   to
  education,  experience,  examination  and  character,  as promulgated in
  regulations of the commissioner. Such authorization shall be subject  to
  the  full  disciplinary and regulatory authority of the board of regents
  and the department, pursuant to this title,  as  if  such  authorization
  were  a  professional license issued under this article. The application
  fee  for  such  authorization  shall  be  three  hundred  dollars.  Each
  authorization  holder  shall  register  with  the department every three
  years and shall pay a registration fee of three hundred dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8506 - Limited Permits.

§ 8506. Limited  permits.  Permits limited as to eligibility, practice
  and duration shall be issued by the department to eligible applicants as
  follows:
1.  Eligibility.  A  person  who   fulfills   all   requirements   for
  registration  as  a  respiratory  therapist  except that relating to the
  examination shall be eligible for a limited permit.
2. Limit of practice. All practice under a  limited  permit  shall  be
  under  the  direct  supervision  of  a  licensed  respiratory  therapist
  physician specializing in pulmonary medicine, an anesthesiologist or  an
  otherwise legally authorized physician.
3.  Duration.  A limited permit shall expire one year from the date of
  issuance or upon notice to the permittee  by  the  department  that  the
  application   for   licensure   has  been  denied,  or  ten  days  after
  notification to the permittee of failure on the  professional  licensing
  examination,  whichever  first  occurs;  provided,  however, that if the
  permittee is awaiting the results of a licensing examination at the time
  such limited permit expires, such permit  shall  continue  to  be  valid
  until ten days after notification to the permittee of the result of such
  examination.
4. Fees. The fee for each limited permit shall be seventy dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8507 - Special Provisions.

§ 8507. Special  provisions.    A  person  shall  be  licensed without
examination provided that, within one year of the effective date of this
article, the individuals:
1.  files  an  application  and  pays  the  appropriate  fees  to  the
department; and
2. (a) is registered by a national certifying or accrediting board for
respiratory therapy acceptable to the department, or
(b)  has  practiced  respiratory  therapy in a hospital, as defined in
article twenty-eight of the public health law, in the state for not less
than three years within the last five years prior to the effective  date
of this article, 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 therapist for at least one year in such hospital.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8508 - Definition of the Practice of Respiratory Therapy Technician.

§ 8508. Definition  of the practice of respiratory therapy technician.
  A respiratory therapy technician means a person licensed  in  accordance
  with  this  article  who  works  under  the  supervision  of  a licensed
  respiratory therapist or a  licensed  or  otherwise  legally  authorized
  physician  performing tasks and responsibilities within the framework of
  the practice of respiratory therapy.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8509 - Duties of Respiratory Therapy Technicians and Use of the Title "Respiratory Therapy Technician".

§ 8509. Duties of respiratory therapy technicians and use of the title
  "respiratory  therapy technician".   Only a person licensed or otherwise
  authorized under this article  shall  participate  in  the  practice  of
  respiratory  therapy  as  a  respiratory  therapy  technician and only a
  person licensed under this article  shall  use  the  title  "respiratory
  therapy technician".
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 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.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8511 - Limited Permits.

§ 8511. Limited  permits.   1. Eligibility. The department may issue a
  limited permit to an applicant who meets all requirements for  admission
  to the licensing examination.
2.  Limit  of  practice.  All practice under a limited permit shall be
  under the direct supervision of a licensed respiratory  therapist  or  a
  licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician.
3.  Duration.  A limited permit shall expire one year from the date of
  issuance or upon notice to the permittee  by  the  department  that  the
  application  for  registration  has  been  denied,  or  ten  days  after
  notification to the permittee of failure on the  professional  licensing
  examination,  whichever  first  occurs;  provided,  however, that if the
  permittee is awaiting the results of a licensing examination at the time
  such limited permit expires, such permit  shall  continue  to  be  valid
  until ten days after notification to the permittee of the result of such
  examination.
4. Fees. The fee for each limited permit shall be fifty dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8512 - Exempt Persons.

§ 8512. Exempt persons. This article shall not prohibit:
1.  a  respiratory therapy student or a respiratory therapy technician
  student from engaging in clinical assistance under the supervision of  a
  licensed  respiratory  therapist  or  a  licensed  or  otherwise legally
  authorized physician as an integral  part  of  a  program  of  study  by
  students  enrolled in an approved respiratory therapy technician program
  or in a clinical facility or health  care  agency  affiliated  with  the
  program for respiratory therapy technicians; or
2. the performance of any of the tasks or responsibilities included in
  the  definition  of  respiratory  therapy  technician  by any other duly
  licensed, certified or registered health care  provider,  provided  that
  such  tasks  or  responsibilities  are  within  the  scope of his or her
  practice; or
3. unlicensed assistants from being employed in a hospital, as defined
  in article twenty-eight of the public health  law,  for  purposes  other
  than the practice of respiratory therapy technician; or
4.  the  practice  of  respiratory  therapy  by  any legally qualified
  respiratory therapy practitioner of any other state or territory who  is
  serving  in  the armed forces or the public health service of the United
  States or who is employed by the veterans administration, while  engaged
  in the performance of his or her duties.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 164 - Respiratory Therapists and Respiratory Therapy Technicians › 8513 - Special Provisions.

§ 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.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 165 - Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act. › 8600 - Introduction.

§  8600.  Introduction.  This article defines the practice of clinical
  laboratory  technology  and  provides  for  the  licensing  of  clinical
  laboratory  technologists, cytotechnologists, and histotechnologists and
  for  the  certification   of   clinical   laboratory   technicians   and
  histotechnicians.  The  general provisions for all professions contained
  in article one hundred thirty of this title shall apply to this article.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 165 - Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act. › 8602 - Practice of Clinical Laboratory Technology, Cytotechnology and Histotechnology and Use of the Titles "Licensed Clinical Laboratory Technologist" , "Licensed Cytotechnologist" and "Licensed Histotechnologist".

§ 8602. Practice of clinical laboratory technology, cytotechnology and
  histotechnology  and  use  of  the  titles "licensed clinical laboratory
  technologist",     "licensed     cytotechnologist"     and     "licensed
  histotechnologist".  No  person  shall practice as a clinical laboratory
  technologist, cytotechnologist or histotechnologist, or hold himself  or
  herself    out   as   a   clinical   laboratory   technologist,   or   a
  cytotechnologist, or a histotechnologist in this state unless he or  she
  is licensed or exempt pursuant to this article.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 165 - Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act. › 8603 - Practice as a Clinical Laboratory Technician and Histotechnician and the Use of the Titles "Clinical Laboratory Technician" and "Histotechnician".

§   8603.   Practice   as   a   clinical   laboratory  technician  and
  histotechnician  and  the  use  of  the  titles   "clinical   laboratory
  technician"  and  "histotechnician".  No  person  shall  practice  as  a
  clinical laboratory technician or as a histotechnician or  hold  himself
  or  herself out as a clinical laboratory technician or a histotechnician
  in this state unless he or she is certified or exempt pursuant  to  this
  article,  provided  that an individual licensed as a clinical laboratory
  technologist,   cytotechnologist,   histotechnologist,    or    clinical
  laboratory technician may practice the profession of histotechnician.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 165 - Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act. › 8604 - State Board for Clinical Laboratory Technology.

§  8604. State board for clinical laboratory technology. A state board
  for clinical laboratory technology shall be appointed by  the  board  of
  regents  upon  the recommendation of the commissioner for the purpose of
  assisting the  board  of  regents  and  the  department  on  matters  of
  professional  licensing  and  professional  conduct  in  accordance with
  section sixty-five hundred eight of  this  title.  The  board  shall  be
  composed  of  twelve  members,  four  of whom shall be licensed clinical
  laboratory   technologists,   two   of   whom    shall    be    licensed
  cytotechnologists,  one of whom shall be a certified clinical laboratory
  technician, one  of  whom  shall  be  a  licensed  histotechnologist  or
  certified histotechnician, two members of the public, one representative
  of the diagnostic/manufacturing industry, and one director of a clinical
  laboratory who shall be a physician. An executive secretary to the board
  shall  be  appointed  by the board of regents upon the recommendation of
  the commissioner. The clinical laboratory practitioner  members  of  the
  initial  board need not be licensed prior to their appointment but shall
  have met all other requirements of licensing except  the  filing  of  an
  application, the passing of a satisfactory exam and paying a fee.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 165 - Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act. › 8606 - Requirements for Certification as a Clinical Laboratory Technician.

§  8606.  Requirements  for  certification  as  a  clinical laboratory
technician. For certification as a clinical laboratory technician  under
this article, an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements:
1. Application: file an application with the department;
2.  Education:  have  received  an education, including an associate's
degree  from  an  approved  clinical   laboratory   technician   program
registered  by  the department or determined by the department to be the
substantial equivalent, or an  associate's  degree  clinical  laboratory
technician  program  accredited  by  a national accrediting organization
acceptable to the department, or an  associate's  degree  program  in  a
natural   science  or  a  clinical  laboratory  science  and  coursework
acceptable to  the  department  and  a  clinical  laboratory  technician
program  accredited by a national accrediting organization acceptable to
the department;
2-a. Alternatives to education: in lieu of requirements  specified  in
subdivision two of this section the department may accept:
(a) current clinical laboratory technician certification by a national
certification organization acceptable to the department; or
(b)   clinical  laboratory  technician  licensure  in  a  jurisdiction
acceptable to the department.
3. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board  and  in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
4. Age: be at least eighteen years of age;
5.  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by the
department; and
6. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars for  an  initial
certification and a fee of one hundred twenty dollars for each triennial
registration period.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 165 - Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act. › 8606-A - Requirements for Certification as a Histotechnician.

§  8606-a.  Requirements  for  certification as a histotechnician. For
certification as a histotechnician  under  this  article,  an  applicant
shall fulfill the following requirements:
1. Application: file an application with the department;
2.  Education:  have  received  an education, including an associate's
degree from  an  approved  histotechnician  program  registered  by  the
department  or  determined  by  the  department  to  be  the substantial
equivalent, or have received  an  associate's  degree  that  includes  a
minimum  number of credit hours in the sciences and received appropriate
clinical  education  in  a  histotechnician  program  approved  by   the
department  or  a  program  to be determined by the department to be the
substantial equivalent or a  histotechnician  program  accredited  by  a
national accrediting organization acceptable to the department;
2-a.  Alternatives  to education: in lieu of requirements specified in
subdivision two of this section the department may accept:
(a) current histotechnician certification by a national  certification
organization acceptable to the department; or
(b)  histotechnician  licensure  in  a  jurisdiction acceptable to the
department.
3. Examination: pass an examination satisfactory to the board  and  in
accordance with the commissioner's regulations;
4. Age: be at least eighteen years of age;
5.  Character:  be  of  good  moral  character  as  determined  by the
department; and
6. Fees: pay a fee of one hundred twenty-five dollars for  an  initial
certification and a fee of one hundred twenty dollars for each triennial
registration period.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 165 - Clinical Laboratory Technology Practice Act. › 8606-B - Requirements for Licensure as a Histotechnologist.

§  8606-b.  Requirements  for  licensure  as  a histotechnologist. For
certification as a histotechnologist under this  article,  an  applicant
shall fulfill the following requirements:
1. Application: file an application with the department;
2. Education: have completed one of following requirements:
(a)  a  bachelor's degree program in histotechnology registered by the
department or  determined  by  the  department  to  be  the  substantial
equivalent,  or  a  histotechnology  program  accredited  by  a national
accrediting organization acceptable to the department; or
(b) a bachelor's degree program in a natural science or  a  laboratory
science  and  a  minimum  number  of  credit  hours  acceptable  to  the
department, and appropriate clinical education  in  a  histotechnologist
program  accredited by a national accrediting organization acceptable to
the department or a program registered by the department  or  determined
by the department to be the substantial equivalent; or
(c)    current   histotechnologist   certification   by   a   national
certification organization acceptable to the department; or
(d) histotechnologist licensure in a jurisdiction  acceptable  to  the
department;
3.  Alternatives  to  education:  in lieu of requirements specified in
subdivision two of this section the department may accept, a  bachelor's
degree  in  a  natural  science  or  a  clinical  laboratory science and
coursework acceptable to the department and:
(a) two years' experience in a clinical laboratory while licensed as a
histotechnician in New York or another jurisdiction  acceptable  to  the
department; or
(b)  two years' experience in a clinical laboratory while certified as
a histotechnician by a national certification organization acceptable to
the department.
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 one hundred seventy-five dollars for an  initial
license  and  a  fee  of  one hundred seventy dollars for each triennial
registration period.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 166 - Medical Physics Practice › 8701 - Definitions.

§ 8701. Definitions. As used in this article:
1. "Clinical" shall mean activities directly relating to the treatment
or diagnosis of human ailments.
2.  "Specialty" or "specialty area" shall mean the following branch or
branches of special competence within medical physics:
(a) "Diagnostic radiological physics" shall mean the branch of medical
physics  relating  to  the  diagnostic  application  of  radiation,  the
analysis  and  interpretation of image quality, performance measurements
and the calibration of equipment associated with the production and  use
of  such  radiation,  the  analysis  and  interpretation of measurements
associated with patient doses and exposures, and  the  radiation  safety
aspects associated with the production and use of such radiation;
(b)  "Medical health physics" shall mean the branch of medical physics
pertaining to the radiation safety aspects of the use of  radiation  for
both  diagnostic  and  therapeutic purposes, and the use of equipment to
perform appropriate radiation measurements;
(c) "Medical nuclear physics" shall mean the branch of medical physics
pertaining  to   the   therapeutic   and   diagnostic   application   of
radionuclides,  excluding  those  used in sealed sources for therapeutic
purposes, the analysis and interpretation  of  performance  measurements
associated with radiation imaging equipment and performance oversight of
radionuclide   calibration   equipment   associated  with  the  use  and
production  of  radionuclides,  the  analysis  and   interpretation   of
measurements  and  calculations associated with patient organ doses, and
the radiation safety aspects associated with the production and  use  of
such radionuclides; and
(d) "Therapeutic radiological physics" or "radiation oncology physics"
shall  mean  the  branch  of medical physics relating to the therapeutic
application of radiation, the analysis and interpretation  of  radiation
equipment  performance  measurements  and  the  calibration of equipment
associated with the production and use of such radiation,  the  analysis
and  interpretation  of  measurements associated with patient doses, and
the radiation safety aspects associated with the production and  use  of
such radiation.
3.  "Medical  physics" shall mean the branch of physics limited to the
field of radiological physics.
4. "Radiation" shall mean  all  ionizing  radiation  above  background
levels  or  any  non-ionizing radiation used in diagnostic imaging or in
radiation oncology.
5. "Radiological physics" shall mean diagnostic radiological  physics,
therapeutic  radiological physics or radiation oncology physics, medical
nuclear physics and medical health physics.
6.  "Radiological  procedure"  shall  mean  any   test,   measurement,
calculation  or  radiation  exposure  for  the  purpose  of diagnosis or
treatment of any medical condition of  a  human,  including  therapeutic
radiation,  diagnostic  imaging  and  measurements, and nuclear medicine
procedures.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 166 - Medical Physics Practice › 8702 - Definition of "Practice of Medical Physics".

§  8702. Definition of "practice of medical physics". 1. The "practice
  of the profession of medical physics" shall mean the use and application
  of accepted principles and protocols of physics in a clinical setting to
  assure the correct quality, quantity and placement of  radiation  during
  the  performance  of  a  radiological  procedure,  so  as to protect the
  patient  and  other  persons  from  harmful,  excessive  or   misapplied
  radiation.  Such  practice shall include, but not necessarily be limited
  to: radiation  beam  calibration  and  characterization;  oversight  and
  responsibility  for  patient radiation dose measurement, calculation and
  reporting; oversight and responsibility for quality control;  instrument
  specification;   optimization  of  image  quality;  acceptance  testing;
  shielding design; protection analysis on  radiation  emitting  equipment
  and  radio-pharmaceuticals;  and consultation with a physician to assure
  accurate radiation dosage and application to a specific patient.
2. A license to practice medical physics shall be issued with  special
  competency  in  one  or  more  specialty areas in which the licensee has
  satisfied the requirements of section eighty-seven hundred five of  this
  article.
3.  The  practice  in  any  specialty by a person whose license is not
  issued with special competency for such specialty shall  be  deemed  the
  unauthorized practice of the profession of medical physics.
4.  Only  a  person  licensed  under  this  article shall practice the
  profession of medical physics.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 166 - Medical Physics Practice › 8704 - State Committee for Medical Physics.

§  8704. State committee for medical physics. 1. A state committee for
medical physics shall be appointed by the  board  of  regents  upon  the
recommendation  of  the  commissioner  and  shall  assist  on matters of
licensure and professional conduct in accordance with section sixty-five
hundred eight of this title. Notwithstanding the provisions  of  section
sixty-five  hundred  eight of this title, the committee shall assist the
board for medicine solely in medical physics matters, which board  shall
also  function  as  the  state  board for medical physics. The licensure
requirements for professional medical physicists shall be waived for the
initial committee appointees, provided that such appointees  shall  have
received national certification in their specialty.
2. The committee shall consist of eight individuals, to be composed of
the following:
(a)  Four  licensed  medical  physicists  represented  by  each of the
following specialties:
(i) diagnostic radiological physics,
(ii) therapeutic radiological or radiation oncology physics,
(iii) medical nuclear physics, and
(iv) medical health physics;
(b) Three licensed physicians represented by  each  of  the  following
specialties:
(i) diagnostic radiology,
(ii) radiation therapy or radiation oncology, and
(iii) nuclear medicine; and
(c) A representative of the public at large.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 166 - Medical Physics Practice › 8705 - Requirements and Procedures for Professional Licensure.

§  8705.  Requirements  and  procedures for professional licensure. To
  qualify for a license as a professional medical physicist, an  applicant
  shall fulfill the following requirements:
1. Application: file an application with the department;
2.  Education:  have  received  an  education  including a master's or
  doctoral degree from an accredited college or university  in  accordance
  with  the  commissioner's  regulations. Such person shall have completed
  such courses of instruction as are deemed necessary by the  commissioner
  to  practice in the medical physics specialty in which the applicant has
  applied for a license;
3. Experience: have experience in his or her medical physics specialty
  satisfactory to the board and  in  accordance  with  the  commissioner's
  regulations;
4.  Examination:  pass  an examination in his or her medical specialty
  satisfactory to the board and  in  accordance  with  the  commissioner's
  regulations.  The  examination requirement may be waived by the board on
  recommendation of the commissioner for certain applicants with extensive
  experience as a medical physicist;
5. Age: be at least twenty-one years of age;
6. Fee: pay a fee of three  hundred  dollars  to  the  department  for
  admission  to a department conducted examination for licensure, a fee of
  one hundred fifty dollars for licensure with special competency  in  the
  first  specialty  and twenty-five dollars for each additional specialty,
  and a fee of  three  hundred  dollars  for  each  biennial  registration
  period.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 166 - Medical Physics Practice › 8706 - Limited Permits.

§  8706.  Limited permits. Permits limited as to eligibility, practice
and duration shall be issued by the department to  eligible  applicants,
as follows:
1.  Eligibility. The following persons shall be eligible for a limited
permit:
(a) a person  who  fulfills  all  requirements  for  a  license  as  a
professional  medical  physicist except those relating to examination or
experience; or
(b) a medical physics student enrolled in a graduate or  post-graduate
curriculum approved by the department;
2.  Limit  of  practice.  A  permittee shall be authorized to practice
medical physics only under the direct and  immediate  supervision  of  a
professional  medical  physicist  and  only  in  the  specialty  of such
professional medical physicist;
3. Duration. A limited permit shall be valid for two years. It may  be
renewed biennially at the discretion of the department;
4.  Fee. The fee for each limited permit and for each renewal shall be
sixty dollars.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 166 - Medical Physics Practice › 8707 - Exemptions.

§  8707.  Exemptions.  Nothing  in  this article shall be construed to
  affect, prevent or in any manner expand or limit the  authority  of  any
  person  otherwise  authorized  by  law  or  regulation  to  practice any
  function of a medical physicist, or any department or agency  authorized
  by  law or regulation to regulate the use of radiation, nor prohibit the
  repair or calibration of any test equipment used by professional medical
  physicists by any person otherwise allowed  to  do  so  under  state  or
  federal law, nor serve to limit radiologic and/or imaging technicians or
  any individual otherwise authorized by law or regulation from performing
  quality  control  measurements  or  obtaining  quality control data, nor
  serve to limit a service engineer in the repair of  radiation  producing
  equipment  nor an installation engineer in the installation of radiation
  producing equipment.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 166 - Medical Physics Practice › 8708 - Licensure Without Examination.

§  8708.  Licensure  without examination. 1. Within eighteen months of
  the effective date of regulations implementing the  provisions  of  this
  article,  the department may issue a license to practice medical physics
  with special competency in  one  or  more  specialties  in  this  state,
  without  an  examination,  to  a  person  who  meets the requirements of
  subdivisions one, five and six of section eighty-seven hundred  five  of
  this  article  and who in addition has an earned bachelor's, master's or
  doctoral degree from an accredited college or university that  signifies
  the  completion  of  a course of study acceptable to the department, and
  has demonstrated to the department's satisfaction, in  the  case  of  an
  earned  bachelor's  degree,  the completion of at least fifteen years of
  full-time work experience in the medical  physics  specialty  for  which
  application  is  made, or, in the case of an earned master's or doctoral
  degree,  the  completion  of  at  least  two  years  of  full-time  work
  experience  in  the  five years preceding the date of application in the
  medical  physics  specialty  for  which  application  is  made  and  the
  equivalent  of  one year or more of full-time work experience in the ten
  years preceding the date of application for  each  additional  specialty
  for which application is made.
2.   On  receipt  of  an  application  and  fee  pursuant  to  section
  eighty-seven hundred five of this article, the department  may  issue  a
  license  to  practice  medical physics with special competency in one or
  more specialties in this state to  a  person  who  holds  a  license  to
  practice  medical  physics  in  another state, territory or jurisdiction
  that has requirements for licensing  of  medical  physicists  which  the
  department  determines  to be substantially the same as the requirements
  of this article.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 166 - Medical Physics Practice › 8709 - Separability.

§ 8709. Separability. If any section of this article, or part thereof,
  shall  be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid,
  such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate  the  remainder  of
  any other section or part thereof.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 167 - Applied Behavior Analysis › 8800 - Introduction.

§  8800.  Introduction.  This  article  applies  to the profession and
  practice of applied behavior analysis and  to  the  use  of  the  titles
  "licensed  behavior analyst" and "certified behavior analyst assistant".
  The general provisions for all  professions  contained  in  article  one
  hundred thirty of this title apply to this article.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 167 - Applied Behavior Analysis › 8801 - Definitions.

§ 8801. Definitions. As used in this article, the following term shall
  have the following meaning:
"Applied behavior analysis" or "ABA" means the design, implementation,
  and  evaluation of environmental modifications, using behavioral stimuli
  and consequences, to produce socially significant improvement  in  human
  behavior,  including  the  use  of  direct observation, measurement, and
  functional  analysis  of  the  relationship  between   environment   and
  behavior.
2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 8 - The Professions › Article 167 - Applied Behavior Analysis › 8803 - The Practice of and Use of the Title "Licensed Behavior Analyst" or "Certified Behavior Analyst Assistant".

§  8803.  The  practice  of  and  use  of the title "licensed behavior
  analyst" or  "certified  behavior  analyst  assistant".  Only  a  person
  licensed,  certified or exempt under this article shall practice applied
  behavior analysis. Only  a  person  licensed  or  certified  under  this
  article  shall  use the titles "licensed behavior analyst" or "certified
  behavior analyst assistant."