Arizona Administrative Code › Title 4 - PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS › Chapter 45 - Board of Respiratory Care Examiners › Article 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section R4-45-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions in A.R.S. §
									32-3501,
				  in this Chapter, unless otherwise specified:
"Applicant" means an individual who meets the qualifications
				  of A.R.S. §
									32-3523
				  and applies for licensure under A.R.S. §
									32-3522.
"Approved continuing education" means a planned course or
				  program that the Board confirms meets the criteria in
				  R4-45-210 or is
				  approved by the American Association for Respiratory Care or the Arizona
				  Society for Respiratory Care.
"Continuing education unit" or "CEU" means a segment of an
				  approved continuing education.
"CRT examination" means the objective measure of essential
				  knowledge, skills, and abilities required of an entry-level respiratory
				  therapist, which is approved by the Board and administered by the NBRC.
"Day" means calendar day.
"Direct supervision" means that a licensed respiratory care
				  practitioner, or physician licensed under A.R.S. Title 32, Chapters 13 or 17,
				  is physically present at a work site and readily available to provide
				  respiratory care to a patient .
"Executive Director" means the officer employed by the Board
				  to perform administrative and investigative functions.
"Grandfathered" means to license a respiratory therapist who
				  has a CRT credential and applies for licensure before January 1, 2017 without
				  meeting the qualifications required by these rules.
"License" means the document issued by the Board to practice
				  respiratory care in Arizona.
"License application package" means a license application
				  form and any documents required to be submitted with the license application
				  form.
"Licensee" means an individual who holds a current license
				  issued under A.R.S. Title 32, Ch. 35. "National Board for Respiratory Care,
				  Inc." or "NBRC" means the national credentialing board for respiratory
				  therapy.
"Pharmacological, diagnostic, and therapeutic agents," as
				  used in A.R.S. §
									32-3501(5),
				  means medications that are aerosolized and given through artificial airways or
				  vascular access.
"RRT credential" means an award issued to a respiratory
				  therapist by the NBRC who passes the RRT examination.
"RRT examination" means the objective measure of essential
				  knowledge, skills, and abilities at a level that is higher than the CRT
				  examination and that is required of a respiratory therapist and approved by the
				  Board.
"Verification by a licensed respiratory therapist," as used
				  in A.R.S. §
									32-3521(B)(7)
				  and (C), means a licensee's written
				  confirmation, before equipment is delivered, that the equipment is consistent
				  with the patient's prescription and needs.
"Verification of license" means a form the Board provides to
				  an applicant to submit for completion by a state to confirm that the applicant
				  currently holds or previously held a license, certification, or registration
				  from that state.