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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
8504-A – Mandatory Continuing Education for Respiratory Therapists.
§ 8504-a. Mandatory continuing education for respiratory therapists. 1. (a) Each licensed respiratory therapist required under this article to register triennially with the department to practice in the state shall comply with provisions of the mandatory continuing education requirements prescribed in subdivision two of this section except as set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) […]
8404 – Creative Arts Therapy.
§ 8404. Creative arts therapy. 1. Definition of the practice of creative arts therapy. The practice of the profession of creative arts therapy is defined as: (a) the assessment, evaluation, and the therapeutic intervention and treatment, which may be either primary, parallel or adjunctive, of mental, emotional, developmental and behavioral disorders through the use of […]
8405 – Psychoanalysis.
§ 8405. Psychoanalysis. 1. Definition of the practice of psychoanalysis. The practice of the profession of psychoanalysis is defined as: (a) the observation, description, evaluation, and interpretation of dynamic unconscious mental processes that contribute to the formation of personality and behavior in order to identify and resolve unconscious psychic problems which affect interpersonal relationships and […]
8406 – State Board for Mental Health Practitioners.
§ 8406. State board for mental health practitioners. A state board for mental health practitioners 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 licensing and regulation. The board shall be composed of at least […]
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 […]
8408 – Hospital Privileges.
§ 8408. Hospital privileges. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize, grant, or extend hospital privileges to individuals licensed under this article.
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 […]