Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 19 - Bureau of Professional Licensure › Subpart 60 - Professional Licensure › Chapter 9 - REGULATIONS GOVERNING LICENSURE OF RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS › Subchapter 9 - Exceptions and Exemptions › Rule 15-19-60-9.9.1 - Exceptions

Current through June 25, 2024
No person shall practice respiratory care or represent
						himself to be a respiratory care practitioner unless he is licensed by the
						Board, except as otherwise provided in this section.
1. The person is involved in the practice of
					 respiratory care which is an integral part of the program of study by students
					 enrolled in a respiratory care education program recognized by the Joint Review
					 Committee for Respiratory Therapy Education and the American Medical
					 Association Council on Allied Health Education or their successors. Unlicensed
					 students enrolled in respiratory therapy education programs shall be identified
					 as "Student-RCP" and shall only provide respiratory care under direct clinical
					 supervision. Direct Clinical Supervision shall mean under the direct control of
					 a clinical instructor of the respiratory care education program in which the
					 unlicensed student is enrolled, or his designee. The clinical instructor or his
					 designee shall be a Licensed Respiratory Care Practitioner in the State of
					 Mississippi, who shall be readily accessible and accountable at all times when
					 respiratory care is being provided by the unlicensed student.
2. Second-year Respiratory Care Practitioner
					 (RCP) students enrolled in an accredited respiratory care program are allowed
					 to be employed, to provide, and to be compensated for the performance of
					 limited low-risk respiratory therapy procedures in licensed hospitals. The RCP
					 student must be issued a hospital identification badge and be identified as an
					 "RCP Student" on the hospital identification badge. Said badge shall be worn in
					 clear sight when the RCP student is on the premises of the hospital. They must
					 also be identified as an "RCP Student" on their employment application and any
					 job description maintained in the hospital's human resources department.
					 Second-year RCP students shall work under the direct supervision of a licensed
					 RCP, and the employing institution shall complete and retain all documentation
					 of the competency, proficiency, and ability of the RCP students to perform the
					 procedures authorized below. The procedures authorized to be performed are to
					 be performed exclusively outside a critical care area and are as follows:
* Set up and monitoring of low-flow oxygen (e.g., less
						than or equal to 6 LPM)
* Non-exotic aerosol therapy (bronchodilators,
						anticholinergics, etc.)
* Hyperinflation and airway clearance therapy
* Electrocardiograms
* Equipment cleaning, stocking, transporting, etc.
* Once an RCP student is certified in Basic Life Support,
						they may assist in cardiorespiratory arrests at the discretion of the employing
						institution.
3. Self-care by
					 a patient, or gratuitous care by a friend or family member who does not
					 represent or hold himself out to be a respiratory care practitioner.
4. Respiratory care services rendered in the
					 course of an emergency.
5. Persons
					 in the military services or working in federal facilities shall be exempted
					 from the provisions of this act when functioning in the course of their
					 assigned duties.
6. The respiratory
					 care practitioner is engaged in performing advances in the art and techniques
					 of respiratory care learned through formalized or specialized
					 training.
7. Nothing in these
					 regulations is intended to limit, preclude, or otherwise interfere with the
					 practices of other persons and health providers licensed by appropriate
					 agencies of the State of Mississippi.
8. An individual, who, by passing an
					 examination which includes content in one or more of the functions included in
					 these regulations, shall not be prohibited from performing such procedures for
					 which he was tested, so long as the testing body offering the examination is
					 certified by the National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies or its
					 equivalent, so long as the individual is a licensed health care provider in the
					 state of Mississippi.
Miss. Code
						Ann. §
												73-57-13.