§ 8411. Special provisions. 1. This section shall apply to all
professions licensed pursuant to this article, unless otherwise
provided.

2. Any nonexempt person practicing a profession to be licensed
pursuant to this article shall apply for a license of said profession
within one year of the effective date of the specified profession.

(a) If such person does not meet the requirements for a license
established within this article, such person may meet alternative
criteria determined by the department to be the substantial equivalent
of such criteria.

(b) If such person meets the requirements for a license established
within this article, except for examination, and has been certified or
registered by a national certifying or registering body having
certification or registration standards acceptable to the commissioner,
the department shall license without examination.

(c) If such person meets the requirements for a license established
within this article, except for examination, and there exists no
national certifying or registering body having certification or
registration standards acceptable to the commissioner, the department
shall license without examination if the applicant submits evidence
satisfactory to the department of having been engaged in the practice of
the specified profession for at least five of the immediately preceding
eight years.

3. Any person licensed pursuant to this article may use accepted
classifications of signs, symptoms, dysfunctions and disorders, as
approved in accordance with regulations promulgated by the department,
in the practice of such licensed profession.