New York Consolidated Laws, Education Law - EDN § 6633. Special provisions

1. Applicants may be licensed if they have been practicing as a perfusionist for five years in the past ten years in an inpatient unit that provides cardiac surgery services in a hospital approved by the department of health or a substantially equivalent accrediting body acceptable to the committee and the department at least three of such years of experience having occurred during the past five years;

2. Applicants who possess certification from a national certification organization acceptable to the committee and the department may be licensed if they have been employed as a perfusionist for three of the past five years.