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314A.110 Requirements for mandatory certification -- Limited mandatory
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To be eligible for mandatory certification as a respiratory care practitioner the
applicant shall have held a registered respiratory therapist (RRT) or certified
respiratory therapist (CRT) credential issued by the National Board for
Respiratory Care or its equivalent.
A temporary mandatory certificate may be issued to the graduate respiratory
care practitioner for a period not to exceed six (6) months from graduation. The
holder of a temporary mandatory certificate who does not successfully pass the
National Board for Respiratory Care or its equivalent entry-level certification
examination within a six (6) month period shall cease and desist performing
any services as a respiratory care practitioner. Failure to comply in this
instance shall subject the individual to prosecution for practicing as a
respiratory care practitioner without a mandatory certificate.
In order for student respiratory care practitioners to be employed for
compensation to provide respiratory care services, they must apply to the
board for a limited mandatory certificate which will permit them to perform
respiratory care procedures (for which they have received training) under the
direct supervision of a respiratory therapist who holds a mandatory certificate.
This limited mandatory certificate excludes the performance of continuous
mechanical or physiological ventilatory support, arterial puncture, and blood
gas analysis. The limited mandatory certificate may be granted only to
individuals actively enrolled in an accredited program and for a period not to
exceed three (3) years. This limited mandatory certificate is in no manner
required for individuals actively enrolled in an accredited program while
performing uncompensated clinical activities required by the program.
Respiratory care practitioners duly authorized to practice in other states and in
good standing and who have held a RRT or hold the CRT credential or its
equivalent may be conferred a mandatory certificate by the board if the
requirements for licensure or certification in that state are substantially equal to
the requirements of this section.
Respiratory therapists applying for mandatory certification, who received their
National Board for Respiratory Care certified respiratory therapist (CRT) or
registered respiratory therapist (RRT) credential prior to July 1, 2002, shall
retain their National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) designations as
certified respiratory therapists (CRT) or registered respiratory therapists (RRT).
Those respiratory therapists applying for mandatory certification, who receive
their CRT or RRT credential from the NBRC after July 1, 2002, shall retain their
CRT or RRT credential as long as they have fulfilled the National Board for
Respiratory Care's continuing competency program requirements. Persons
holding a mandatory certification through the limited mechanism of grandfather
status and those respiratory therapists, receiving their CRT or RRT credential
after July 1, 2002, who do not fulfill the National Board for Respiratory Care's
continuing competency requirements, shall solely be designated as respiratory
care practitioners.
Mandatory certification of respiratory care practitioners shall be on a biennial
basis according to established criteria under KRS 314A.115. Mandatory
certificates issued by the board shall expire and shall not be renewed unless
the certificate holder submits proof to the board of compliance with KRS
314A.115. On and after the date on which a person's mandatory certificate has
expired, the practitioner may apply for reinstatement within five (5) years of the
expiration of the mandatory certificate. The applicant shall show compliance
with the current continuing education requirement in force at the time of
mandatory certificate renewal application. After expiration of a five (5) year
period, current standards for mandatory certification shall be met. The board
may require individualized conditions for reinstatement.
Effective:July 15, 2002
History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 237, sec. 2, effective July 15, 2002. -Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 295, sec. 3, effective July 14, 2000. -- Created 1990
Ky. Acts ch. 201, sec. 4, effective July 13, 1990.
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