§ 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.