Ohio Administrative Code › Title 4761 - Ohio Respiratory Care Board › Chapter 4761-3 - Definitions › Section 4761-3-01 - Definitions of terms

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
The following definitions shall apply to the
				
								state medical board of Ohio for the practice of
				respiratory care:
(A) "Board" means
			 the state medical board of Ohio.
(B) "Licensee" means a respiratory care
			 professional issued a license under section 
								4761.05 of the Revised Code who
			 can practice the full range of respiratory care as defined under division (A)
			 of section 4761.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Limited permit holder" or
			 "permit holder" means a person who holds a limited permit issued under Chapter
			 4761. of the Revised Code.
(D) "Designate" means
			 any person or group authorized by the board as its agent to handle testing or
			 other functions.
(E) "Under the supervision" as it is used under
			 division (B) of section
			 4761.17 of the Revised Code
			 means that the prescribing physician, physician
			 assistant, or authorized nurse is available to provide direction to the
			 respiratory care practitioner providing the respiratory care service.
(F) "License", as it
			 is used under division (A) of section
			 4761.05 of the Revised Code,
			 means the license certificate or a notarized copy of the license certificate as
			 issued by the board.
(G) "Conspicuous display" as it concerns the license
			 certificate, means in a place accessible to the public during normal operating
			 hours of the principal place of business.
(H) "National Board
			 for Respiratory Care, Inc. (NBRC)" means the national credentialing board for
			 pulmonary technology and respiratory therapy.
(I) "Licensure by
			 endorsement" means the issuance of a license based upon board approval of an
			 examination recognized by the board as meeting the requirements of division
			 (A)(3) of section 4761.04 of the Revised
			 Code.
(J) "Licensure by Ohio examination" means the issuance
			 of a license based upon successfully passing an examination offered to
			 individuals who qualify for an educational waiver provided for in Section 6 of
			 Sub. House Bill 111 of the 118th General Assembly.
(K) "A year" as the
			 term is used in division (A)(4) of section
			 4761.11 of the Revised Code,
			 means three hundred sixty five days from the approval date of the non-resident
			 registration.
(L) "A prescription or other order" means any verbal
			 or written order or prescription for respiratory care services as defined under
			 section 4761.01 of the Revised Code
			 given in accordance with division (A) of section
			 4761.17 of the Revised
			 Code.
(M) "Organization" means any agency employing
			 respiratory care providers.
(N) "Official
			 transcript" means an official transcript from a respiratory care educational
			 program approved by the board pursuant to rule
			 4761-4-01
			 of the Administrative Code which lists the courses taken to earn a degree or
			 certificate of completion in respiratory care, the number of hours and grade
			 earned for each course, and the date and type of degree or certificate of
			 completion earned. The transcript must be marked "official" by the issuing
			 institution.
(O) "Minimal Sedation," as the term is used in rule
			 4761-7-05
			 of the Administrative Code, means a drug-induced state during which patients
			 can respond normally to verbal commands. Although cognitive function and
			 coordination may be impaired, ventilatory and cardiovascular function are
			 unaffected. "Minimal sedation" shall not include sedation achieved through
			 intravenous administration of drugs.
(P) "Moderate
			 sedation/analgesia," as the term is used in rule
			 4761-7-05
			 of the Administrative Code, means a drug-induced depression of consciousness
			 during which patients can respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone
			 or accompanied by light tactile stimulation. Reflex withdrawal from a painful
			 stimulus is not a purposeful response. No interventions are required to
			 maintain a patent airway, and spontaneous ventilation is adequate.
			 Cardiovascular function is maintained.
(Q) "Deep
			 sedation/analgesia," means a drug-induced depression of consciousness during
			 which patients cannot be easily aroused but respond purposefully following
			 repeated or painful stimulation. The ability to independently maintain
			 ventilatory function may be impaired. Patients may require assistance in
			 maintaining a patient airway, and spontaneous ventilation may be inadequate.
			 Cardiovascular function is usually maintained.
(R) "General
			 anesthesia," a drug-induced loss of consciousness during which patients are not
			 arousable, even by painful stimulation. The ability to independently maintain
			 ventilatory function is often impaired. Patients often require assistance in
			 maintaining a patent airway, and positive pressure ventilation may be required
			 because of depressed spontaneous ventilation or drug-induced depression of
			 neuromuscular function. Cardiopulmonary function may be impaired.
(S)
			 "Off-site supervision," means that the authorized prescriber must be
			 continuously available for direct communication with the respiratory care
			 professional and must be in a location that under normal conditions is not more
			 than sixty minutes travel time from the respiratory care professional's
			 location.
(T) "Direct supervision," means that that the
			 authorized prescriber is actually in sight of the respiratory care professional
			 when the respiratory care professional is administering a medication to induce
			 moderate sedation/analgesia in accordance with paragraph (B)(3)(c) of rule
			 4761-7-05
			 of the Administrative Code. Although the prescriber may be performing some
			 other task at the same time, the prescriber is physically present in the same
			 room, so that the prescriber may immediately provide direction or assume the
			 performance of the task if difficulties arise. This does not require that the
			 prescriber is watching "over the shoulder" of the respiratory care professional
			 as would be required during the training period to ensure that the respiratory
			 care professional is competent to perform the task.
(U) "Authorized
			 prescriber" or "prescriber," means an individual authorized to order or
			 prescribe respiratory care pursuant to section
			 4761.17 of the Revised
			 Code.
(V) "Regular employment" as the term is used in
			 paragraph (A) of rule
			 4761-5-01
			 of the Administrative Code means having employment in the practice of
			 respiratory care equaling no less than an average of twenty-five hours per week
			 for a period of fifty-two weeks during the three consecutive years prior to the
			 date of application for an initial license.
(W) "Active duty
			 military service," means currently serving in the branches of the armed forces
			 as defined in section
			 145.30 of the Revised
			 Code.
(X) "Veteran," means any person who has completed
			 service in the armed forces, including the national guard of any state, or a
			 reserve component of the armed forces, who has been discharged under honorable
			 conditions from the armed forces or who has been transferred to the reserve
			 with evidence of satisfactory service.