Section 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.