Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) These rules are
promulgated under the authority of the Medical Practice Act, Title 3, Subtitle
B, Texas Occupations Code and the Respiratory Care Practitioners Act, Title 3,
Subtitle K, Chapter 604, Texas Occupations Code, to establish procedures and
standards for the training, education, certifying, and discipline of persons
performing as a respiratory care practitioner in this state so as to establish
an orderly system of regulating the practice of a respiratory care practitioner
in a manner that protects the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
(b) The functions of the Texas
Board of Respiratory Care include but are not limited to the following:
(1) Establish standards for the practice of a
respiratory care practitioner.
(2)
Regulate the practice of a respiratory care practitioner through the
certification and discipline of respiratory care practitioners.
(3) Interpret the Respiratory Care
Practitioners Act and the Texas Board of Respiratory Care rules to ensure that
respiratory care practitioners, other allied health professionals, and
consumers are properly informed.
(4) Receive complaints and investigate
possible violations of the Respiratory Care Practitioners Act and the Texas
Board of Respiratory Care rules.
(5) Discipline violators through appropriate
legal action to enforce the Respiratory Care Practitioners Act and the Texas
Board of Respiratory Care rules.
(6) Provide a mechanism for public comment
with regard to the Respiratory Care Practitioners Act and the Texas Board of
Respiratory Care rules.
(7) Review
and modify the Texas Board of Respiratory Care rules when necessary and
appropriate. All rules approved by the advisory board are to be submitted to
the Medical Board for consideration in accordance with Texas Occupations Code
§
604.0522(b).
(8) Examine and certify, in
conjunction with the Texas Medical Board, procedures for issuing certificates,
as implemented by its licensure division, to qualified applicants to practice
as a respiratory care practitioner in Texas in a manner that ensures that
applicable standards are maintained.
(9) Provide recommendations to the Texas
Medical Board for consideration by the legislature concerning appropriate
changes to the Respiratory Care Practitioners Act to ensure that the acts are
current and applicable to changing needs and practices.
(10) Provide public information on
certificate holders.
(11) Maintain
data concerning the practice of a respiratory care practitioner.
