Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
(a) Definitions. As used in this section:
(1) Professional respiratory care content
areas shall mean didactic courses accompanied by supervised clinical
experiences which include, but are not limited to, the following curricular
areas:
(i) respiratory therapy procedures and
protocols;
(ii) cardiopulmonary
sciences, diagnostics, interpretation, monitoring, rehabilitation, and
resuscitation;
(iii) ethics of
respiratory care;
(iv) infection
control;
(v) general patient care;
and
(vi) pediatrics and
perinatology.
(2)
Equivalent shall mean substantially the same, as determined by the
department.
(b)
Respiratory therapy. In addition to meeting all applicable provisions of this
Part, to be registered as a program recognized as leading to licensure in
respiratory therapy which meets the requirements in section
79-4.2(a) of this
Title, it shall be a program in respiratory therapy leading to an associate
degree or higher academic credential, except that respiratory therapy programs
which do not lead to an associate degree or higher credential and which were
accredited on or before June 1, 1993 by an acceptable accrediting agency as
defined in Subpart 79-4 of this Title may be registered pursuant to this Part
through June 1, 1999. Further, as to program content:
(1) An associate degree program in
respiratory therapy shall contain at least 62 semester hours, or the
equivalent, including a minimum of 30 semester hours in professional
respiratory care content areas, or the equivalent, and additional semester
hours in appropriate related basic sciences and clinical sciences.
(2) A baccalaureate degree program in
respiratory therapy shall contain a minimum of 40 semester hours of
professional respiratory care content areas, or the equivalent, and additional
semester hours in appropriate related basic sciences and clinical
sciences.
(3) Clinical facilities.
A written contract or agreement shall be executed between the educational
institution conducting the respiratory therapy program and the clinical
facility or agency which is designated to cooperate in providing the clinical
experience, which shall set forth the responsibilities of each party, and shall
be signed by the responsible officer of each party.
(c) Respiratory therapy technician.
(1) In addition to meeting all applicable
provisions of this Part, to be registered as a program recognized as leading to
licensure in respiratory therapy technician which meets the requirements in
section 79-4.2(b) of this
Title, it shall be a one-year respiratory therapy technician program leading to
a certificate, or the equivalent, shall contain a minimum of 20 semester hours
in professional respiratory care content areas, or the equivalent, and
additional course work in appropriate related basic sciences and clinical
sciences.
(2) Clinical facilities.
A written contract or agreement shall be executed between the educational
institution conducting the respiratory therapy technician program and the
clinical facility or agency which is designated to cooperate in providing the
clinical experience, which shall set forth the responsibilities of each party,
and shall be signed by the responsible officer of each party.
