54-4306. REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE. (1) A person practicing or performing respiratory care and who meets the requirements for licensure under the provisions of this section and who is not exempt from the requirements of this chapter pursuant to section 54-4308, Idaho Code, shall apply to the licensure board for the issuance of a license. The application shall be upon a form provided by the board.
(2) The board, upon recommendation of the licensure board, shall issue a license to an applicant if the applicant makes a satisfactory showing to the licensure board that:
(a) the applicant is, on or before the date of the issuance of the license, eighteen (18) years of age or older; and
(b) has not been convicted of a crime which would have a direct and adverse bearing on the applicant’s ability to practice or perform respiratory care competently and in the best interests of the consuming public; and
(c) is a high school graduate or has earned a general educational development certificate; and
(d) has not been subjected to disciplinary action in any state or territory of the United States or in any foreign country arising from a showing of gross negligence or intentional misconduct directly related to the practice or provision of respiratory care; and
(e) The applicant:
(i) has successfully completed the entry level examination and is a certified respiratory therapy technician and/or has successfully completed the written registry and clinical simulation examinations and is a registered respiratory therapist; or
(ii) is licensed as a respiratory care practitioner, or the equivalent in the discretion of the board, in another state, the District of Columbia, or in a territory of the United States; or
(iii) has, during the three (3) calendar years immediately preceding the effective date of this chapter, practiced respiratory care or provided respiratory care in this state under the supervision of licensed physicians for not fewer than three thousand (3,000) hours.
History:
[54-4306, added 1991, ch. 294, sec. 1, p. 763.]
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