Sec. 20-162q. License required. Use of title. Exempt activities.
Sec. 20-162q. License required. Use of title. Exempt activities. (a) No person
shall engage in the practice of respiratory care, as defined in section 20-162n, unless he
is licensed under section 20-162o.
(b) No person, unless licensed under section 20-162o, shall (1) use the title "respiratory care practitioner" authorized in sections 20-162n to 20-162q, inclusive, or any
initials associated with such title, or (2) advertise services under the description of a
"respiratory care practitioner", as defined in section 20-162n.
(c) Nothing in sections 20-162n to 20-162p, inclusive, or this section shall be construed to require licensure as a respiratory care practitioner for the performance of the
following: (1) Private care in a home environment by a family member or a live-in
companion, provided said person does not hold himself out as a respiratory care practitioner or as being able to practice respiratory care and does not receive compensation
for such care and is acting pursuant to the instructions of a respiratory care practitioner
licensed pursuant to section 20-162o; (2) pulmonary function testing services performed
by a person who is credentialed on or before October 1, 1997, by the National Board
for Respiratory Care as a certified pulmonary function technologist or a registered pulmonary function technologist; (3) respiratory care services performed in the course of
the interstate transport of a patient by any person legally authorized to perform such
services outside of this state, provided such services may not be rendered for more than
two calendar days in any calendar year; (4) emergency cardiopulmonary resuscitation
provided to a person who requires such emergency measures; (5) services performed
by a person enrolled in an educational program satisfying the requirements of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 20-162o, provided such services are a required
component of such person's course of study in such program and are rendered under
the direct and immediate supervision of a respiratory care practitioner licensed pursuant
to said section 20-162o, and provided such person is designated by a title which clearly
indicates his status as a student; (6) services performed by a person licensed in this state
and functioning within the scope of such license; or (7) services performed in a youth
camp, provided the person performing such respiratory care services is licensed as a
respiratory care practitioner in another state whose requirements for licensure are equivalent to or greater than those required in this state and such services are provided for a
period not to exceed two weeks in any calendar year.
(P.A. 86-376, S. 4; P.A. 94-210, S. 7; P.A. 95-271, S. 31, 40.)
History: P.A. 94-210 inserted new Subsec. (a) to prohibit practice without a license, relettered Subsec. (a) as Subsec.
(b) and made technical changes, relettered Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and added provisions re not limiting the practices of
other practitioners; P.A. 95-271 amended Subsec. (c)(2) to require credentials on or before October 1, 1997, rather than
"currently" and added Subsec. (c)(7) re youth camps.