S.B. 533

VETOES

SUBTITLE 5A. RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS.
14-5A-01.

(A)    IN THIS SUBTITLE THE FOLLOWING WORDS HAVE THE MEANINGS
INDICATED.

(B)     "BOARD" MEANS THE STATE BOARD OF PHYSICIAN QUALITY ASSURANCE

(C) "COMMITTEE" MEANS THE RESPIRATORY CARE PROFESSIONAL
STANDARDS COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED UNDER § 14-5A-05 OF THIS SUBTITLE.

(D)    "LICENSE" MEANS, UNLESS THE CONTEXT REQUIRES OTHERWISE, A
LICENSE ISSUED BY THE BOARD TO PRACTICE RESPIRATORY CARE

(E)     "LICENSED RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONER" MEANS, UNLESS THE
CONTEXT REQUIRES OTHERWISE, A RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONER WHO IS
LICENSED BY THE BOARD TO PRACTICE RESPIRATORY CARE

(F)     "NATIONAL CERTIFYING BOARD" MEANS THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR
RESPIRATORY CARE OR A CERTIFYING ORGANIZATION THAT HAS CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS EQUIVALENT TO THE NATIONAL BOARD FOR RESPIRATORY CARE
AND THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

(G)    (1) "PRACTICE RESPIRATORY CARE" MEANS TO EVALUATE, CARE FOR,
AND TREAT, INCLUDING THE DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION OF, INDIVIDUALS WHO
HAVE DEFICIENCIES AND ABNORMALITIES THAT AFFECT THE PULMONARY SYSTEM
AND ASSOCIATED ASPECTS OF THE CARDIOPULMONARY AND OTHER SYSTEMS
UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF AND IN COLLABORATION WITH A PHYSICIAN.

(2) "PRACTICE RESPIRATORY CARE" INCLUDES:

(I)      PROVIDING DIRECT AND INDIRECT RESPIRATORY CARE
SERVICES THAT ARE SAFE, ASEPTIC, PREVENTIVE, AND RESTORATIVE;

(II)     PRACTICING THE PRINCIPLES, TECHNIQUES, AND THEORIES
DERIVED FROM CARDIOPULMONARY MEDICINE;

(HI) EVALUATING AND TREATING INDIVIDUALS WHOSE
CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTIONS HAVE BEEN THREATENED OR IMPAIRED BY
DEVELOPMENTAL DEFECTS, THE AGING PROCESS, PHYSICAL INJURY, DISEASE, OR
ACTUAL OR ANTICIPATED DYSFUNCTION OF THE CARDIOPULMONARY SYSTEM;

(IV)   OBSERVING AND MONITORING PHYSICAL SIGNS AND
SYMPTOMS, GENERAL BEHAVIOR, AND GENERAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE TO
RESPIRATORY CARE PROCEDURES AND DETERMINING IF INITIATION,
MODIFICATION, OR DISCONTINUATION OF A TREATMENT REGIMEN IS WARRANTED;

(V)     TRANSCRIBING AND IMPLEMENTING WRITTEN OR ORAL
ORDERS REGARDING THE PRACTICE OF RESPIRATORY CARE;

(V) (VI) USING EVALUATION TECHNIQUES THAT INCLUDE
CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION ASSESSMENTS, GAS EXCHANGE THE NEED AND

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