New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT › Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner › Subchapter B - Regulation of Professions › Part 79 - Regulation of Individual Professions › Subpart 79-4 - Respiratory Therapy, Respiratory Therapy Technician, And Polysomnographic Technologist › Section 79-4.8 - Definitions of the practice of polysomnographic technology and use of the title

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Only a
					 person authorized under this Subpart shall participate in the practice of
					 polysomnographic technology as an authorized polysomnographic technologist, and
					 only a person authorized under this Subpart shall use the title "authorized
					 polysomnographic technologist."
(b)
					 The term practice of polysomnographic technology shall mean the process of
					 collecting, analyzing, scoring, monitoring and recording physiologic data
					 during sleep and wakefulness to assist the supervising physician in the
					 clinical assessment and diagnosis of sleep/wake disorders and other disorders,
					 syndromes and dysfunctions that either are sleep related, manifest during sleep
					 or disrupt normal sleep/wake cycles and activities. The practice of
					 polysomnographic technology shall include the non-invasive monitoring,
					 diagnostic testing, and initiation and delivery of treatments to determine
					 therapeutic levels of inspiratory and expiratory pressures for individuals
					 suffering from any sleep disorder, as listed in an authoritative classification
					 of sleep disorders acceptable to the department, under the direction and
					 supervision of a licensed physician who is available for consultation at all
					 times during the provision of polysomnographic technology services in any
					 setting. Such services shall not include the use of mechanical ventilators.
					 Such services shall include, but shall not be limited to:
(1) application of electrodes and apparatus
					 necessary to monitor and evaluate sleep disturbances, including application of
					 devices that allow a physician to diagnose and treat sleep disorders, which
					 disorders shall include, but shall not be limited to, insomnia, sleep breathing
					 disorders, movement disorders, disorders of excessive somnolence, and
					 parasomnias, provided, however, that such services shall include the use of
					 oral appliances, but shall not include the use of any artificial airway or the
					 drawing of arterial blood gasses;
(2) implementation of any type of physiologic
					 non-invasive monitoring applicable to polysomnography, including monitoring the
					 therapeutic and diagnostic use on non-ventilated patients of oxygen, continuous
					 positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bi-level positive airway
					 pressure;
(3) implementation of
					 cardiopulmonary resuscitation, maintenance of patient's airway (which does not
					 include endotracheal intubation), and transcription and implementation of
					 physician orders pertaining to the practice of polysomnographic
					 technology;
(4) implementation of
					 non-invasive treatment changes and testing techniques, as described in
					 paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subdivision, and as required for the application
					 of polysomnographic protocols under the direction and supervision of a licensed
					 physician; and
(5) education of
					 patients, family and the public concerning the procedures and treatments used
					 during polysomnographic technology or concerning any equipment or procedure
					 used for the treatment of any sleep disorder.