Students practicing as employees may only perform respiratory care procedures that they have successfully completed in the respiratory care program and that have been documented. Documentation must be provided to the Respiratory Care Committee upon request. The interpretation and documentation process will be detailed by the Respiratory Care Committee. The Committee is scheduled to meet May 11th. At that time they will be discussing these issues.
Students can only perform procedures on adult patients.
These patients cannot be in critical care. Again, the Respiratory Care Committee will be responsible for any interpretation of this issue. Students practicing as employees must meet in person at least one time each working day with the supervising Licensed Respiratory Therapists. The supervising Licensed Therapists must review the permit holder's clinical activities for the shift. The supervising Licensed Respiratory Therapists must review and countersign all entries that the Student employee makes in the medical record.