8510 – Requirements for Licensure as a Respiratory Therapy Technician.
§ 8510. Requirements for licensure as a respiratory therapy technician. To qualify for a license as a respiratory therapy technician an applicant shall fulfill the following requirements: 1. Application: file an application with the department; 2. Education: have received an education including completion of high school or its equivalent and have completed an approved one-year […]
8510-A – Mandatory Continuing Education for Respiratory Therapy Technicians.
§ 8510-a. Mandatory continuing education for respiratory therapy technicians. 1. (a) Each licensed respiratory therapy technician 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) […]
8511 – Limited Permits.
§ 8511. Limited permits. 1. Eligibility. The department may issue a limited permit to an applicant who meets all requirements for admission to the licensing examination. 2. Limit of practice. All practice under a limited permit shall be under the direct supervision of a licensed respiratory therapist or a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician. […]
8512 – Exempt Persons.
§ 8512. Exempt persons. This article shall not prohibit: 1. a respiratory therapy student or a respiratory therapy technician student from engaging in clinical assistance under the supervision of a licensed respiratory therapist or a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician as an integral part of a program of study by students enrolled in an […]
8513 – Special Provisions.
§ 8513. Special provisions. A person shall be licensed without examination provided that, within one year of the effective date of this article, the individual: 1. files an application and pays the appropriate fees to the department; and 2. (a) is certified by a national certifying or accrediting board for respiratory therapy technicians acceptable to […]
8600 – Introduction.
§ 8600. Introduction. This article defines the practice of clinical laboratory technology and provides for the licensing of clinical laboratory technologists, cytotechnologists, and histotechnologists and for the certification of clinical laboratory technicians and histotechnicians. The general provisions for all professions contained in article one hundred thirty of this title shall apply to this article.
8601 – Definition of the Practice of Clinical Laboratory Technology and Clinical Laboratory Technology Practitioner.
§ 8601. Definition of the practice of clinical laboratory technology and clinical laboratory technology practitioner. 1. “Clinical laboratory technology” means the performance of microbiological, virological, serological, chemical, immunohematological, hematological, biophysical, cytogenetical, cytological or histological procedures and examinations and any other test or procedure conducted by a laboratory as defined by title five of article five […]
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 […]