Alabama Administrative Code › Title 798 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF RESPIRATORY THERAPY › Chapter 798-X-5 - LICENSURE › Section 798-X-5-.16 - Exemptions From Licensure

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
Nothing in these rules shall be construed as preventing or
				restricting the practice, services, or activities of the following:
(1) Any person who is licensed in Alabama or
			 certified by the organization accredited by the National Commission for
			 Certifying Agencies and acceptable to the state from engaging in the profession
			 or occupation for which the person is licensed or certified.
(2) Any person employed by the United State
			 government who provides respiratory therapy solely under the direction or
			 control of the United States government agency or organization.
(3) Any person receiving clinical training
			 while pursing a course of study leading to registry or certification in a
			 respiratory therapy educational program accredited by the CAAHEP in
			 collaboration with the CoARC or their successor organizations. This person will
			 be under direct supervision and be designated by a title clearly indicating his
			 or her status as a student or trainee.
(4) Any emergency medical technician licensed
			 by the Alabama State Board of Health who is providing care to a patient at the
			 scene of an emergency, or during transport of the patient in a licensed ground
			 ambulance, provided that such care may not exceed the scope of care permissible
			 under the rules of the Alabama State Board of Health.
(5) The delivery of respiratory therapy of
			 sick or disabled persons by family members or domestic servants, or the care of
			 non-institutionalized persons by a surrogate family member, as long as the
			 persons do not represent themselves as, or hold themselves out to be,
			 respiratory therapists.
(6) Any
			 individual who has demonstrated competency in one or more areas covered by
			 these rules as long as the individual performs only those functions that he or
			 she is qualified by examination to perform. The standards of the National
			 Commission for Certifying Agencies, or its equivalent, shall serve as a
			 standard with which to evaluate those examinations and examining
			 organizations.
(7) Any person
			 performing respiratory services or care not licensed as a respiratory therapist
			 in accordance with these rules who is employed in a diagnostic laboratory,
			 physician's office, clinic, or outpatient treatment facility and whose function
			 is to administer treatment or perform diagnostic procedures confined to that
			 laboratory, office clinic, or outpatient facility under the direction of a
			 licensed physician.
(8) Any
			 respiratory therapy student who performs limited respiratory therapy procedures
			 as an employee of any health care provider organization while enrolled in a
			 respiratory therapy educational program accredited by the CAAHEP in
			 collaboration with the CoARC or their successor organizations. The employee
			 will be designated by title as a student or trainee and work under direct
			 supervision.
(9) Any individual
			 employed by a durable medical equipment or home medical equipment company who
			 delivers, sets up, or maintains respiratory equipment but not including
			 assessment or evaluation of the patient.
(10) Any individual employed as a
			 polysomnographic technologist working in a sleep center or diagnostic sleep
			 clinic.
(11) Any licensed
			 respiratory therapist performing advances in the art and techniques of
			 respiratory therapy learned through special training acceptable to the
			 board.
Author:
The Alabama State Board of Respiratory
				  Therapy
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										34-27B-1 thru 34-27B-17.