Section 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.