Alabama Administrative Code › Title 798 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF RESPIRATORY THERAPY › Chapter 798-X-2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 798-X-2-.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) AARC - American
			 Association for Respiratory Care.
(2) Applicant - any individual seeking
			 licensure by the Board who has submitted an official application and paid the
			 application fee.
(3) ASBRT - The
			 Alabama State Board of Respiratory Therapy.
(4) ASRC - Alabama Society for Respiratory
			 Care.
(5) Biannual - every two
			 years.
(6) Board - The Alabama
			 State Board of Respiratory Therapy.
(7) CAAHEP - the Commission on Accreditation
			 of Allied Health Education Programs.
(8) CoARC - Committee on Accreditation for
			 Respiratory Care.
(9) CRCE units -
			 Continuing respiratory care education units.
(10) CRT - Certified Respiratory Therapist as
			 granted by the NBRC or its successor organization.
(11) Currently employed - persons employed in
			 the administration of respiratory therapy under the direction of a physician in
			 the State of Alabama on the effective date of the adoption of the rules and
			 regulations, or were employed in the administration of respiratory therapy
			 under the direction of a physician in the State of Alabama in the previous 365
			 days.
(12) Direct clinical
			 supervision - A situation where a licensed respiratory therapist or physician
			 is available for the purpose of communication, consultation, and
			 assistance.
(13) Healthcare
			 facility - Hospitals, nursing homes, and other inpatient treatment facilities
			 as defined in Section
			 22-21-260,
Code of Ala 1975
.
(14) Hemodynamic monitoring - Setup and
			 maintenance of pressure transducers for monitoring arterial blood pressure,
			 central venous pressure and pulmonary artery pressures; drawing mixed venous
			 blood gases from pulmonary artery catheters and calculating cardiac and
			 vascular parameters, measuring cardiac output using a pulmonary artery
			 catheter, recognizing normal and abnormal cardiac and vascular pressures and
			 flow tracings.
(15) Hospital -
			 Hospitals as defined by Section
			 22-21-20,
Code of Ala 1975
.
(16) Licensed respiratory therapist - a
			 person licensed by the Board to administer respiratory therapy and who has the
			 knowledge and skills necessary to administer respiratory therapy, monitor
			 patient responses, modify respiratory therapy based upon patient response,
			 provide information and education to patients about deficiencies or disorders
			 of the cardiopulmonary system, and supervise others in the delivery of
			 appropriate respiratory therapy procedures.
(17) Medically approved protocol - A
			 healthcare facility's plan for taking specific diagnostic or treatment actions,
			 or both, authorized by the treating physician of the patient, all of which
			 actions shall be:
(a) In a hospital or other
			 inpatient healthcare facility, approved by the supervising physician of the
			 respiratory therapist or in an outpatient treatment setting approved by the
			 supervising physician of the respiratory therapist.
(b) Except in cases of medical emergency,
			 instituted following an evaluation of the patient by the physician or otherwise
			 directed by the supervising physician of the respiratory therapist.
(c) Consistent with the definition of the
			 scope of practice of respiratory therapy, as established by this act.