2005 Minnesota Statutes - 147C.01 — Definitions.

     147C.01 Definitions. 


    Subdivision 1.    Applicability.  The definitions in 
 this section apply to this chapter. 


    Subd. 2.    Advisory council.  "Advisory council" means 
 the Respiratory Care Practitioner Advisory Council established 
 under section 147C.35. 


    Subd. 3.    Approved education program.  "Approved 
 education program" means a university, college, or other 
 postsecondary education program leading to eligibility for 
 registry or certification in respiratory care, that, at the time 
 the student completes the program, is accredited by a national 
 accrediting organization approved by the board.  


    Subd. 4.    Board.  "Board" means the Board of Medical 
 Practice or its designee. 


    Subd. 5.    Contact hour.  "Contact hour" means an 
 instructional session of 50 consecutive minutes, excluding 
 coffee breaks, registration, meals without a speaker, and social 
 activities. 


    Subd. 6.    Credential.  "Credential" means a license, 
 permit, certification, registration, or other evidence of 
 qualification or authorization to engage in respiratory care 
 practice in this state or any other state. 


    Subd. 7.    Credentialing examination.  "Credentialing 
 examination" means an examination administered by the National 
 Board for Respiratory Care or other national testing 
 organization approved by the board for credentialing as a 
 certified respiratory therapy technician, registered respiratory 
 therapist, or other title indicating an entry or advanced level 
 respiratory care practitioner.  


    Subd. 8.    Health care facility.  "Health care facility"
 means a hospital as defined in section 144.50, subdivision 2, a 
 medical facility as defined in section 144.561, subdivision 1, 
 paragraph (b), or a nursing home as defined in section 144A.01, 
 subdivision 5, a long-term acute care facility, a subacute care 
 facility, an outpatient clinic, a physician's office, or a 
 hospice. 


    Subd. 9.    Qualified medical direction.  "Qualified 
 medical direction" means direction from a licensed physician who 
 is on the staff or is a consultant of a health care facility or 
 home care agency or home medical equipment provider and who has 
 a special interest in and knowledge of the diagnosis and 
 treatment of deficiencies, abnormalities, and diseases of the 
 cardiopulmonary system.  


    Subd. 10.    Respiratory care.  "Respiratory care" means 
 the provision of services described under section 147C.05 for 
 the assessment, treatment, education, management, evaluation, 
 and care of patients with deficiencies, abnormalities, and 
 diseases of the cardiopulmonary system, under the guidance of 
 qualified medical direction and pursuant to a referral from a 
 physician who has medical responsibility for the patient.  It 
 includes education pertaining to health promotion and disease 
 prevention, patient care, and treatment. 


    HIST: 1997 c 120 s 2