152B.2 - RESPIRATORY CARE AS A PRACTICE DEFINED.
152B.2 RESPIRATORY CARE AS A PRACTICE DEFINED.
"Respiratory care as a practice" means a health care
profession, under medical direction, employed in the therapy,
management, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation, and care of
patients with deficiencies and abnormalities which affect the
pulmonary system and associated aspects of cardiopulmonary and other
systems' functions, and includes all of the following:
1. Direct and indirect pulmonary care services that are safe and
of comfort, aseptic, preventative, and restorative to the patient.
2. Direct and indirect respiratory care services, including but
not limited to, the administration of pharmacological and diagnostic
and therapeutic agents related to respiratory care procedures
necessary to implement a treatment, disease prevention, pulmonary
rehabilitative, or diagnostic regimen prescribed by a licensed
physician or surgeon.
3. Observation and monitoring of signs and symptoms, general
behavior, reactions, general physical response to respiratory care
treatment and diagnostic testing.
4. Determination of whether the signs, symptoms, behavior,
reactions, or general response exhibit abnormal characteristics.
5. Implementation based on observed abnormalities, of appropriate
reporting, referral, or respiratory care protocols or changes in
treatment regimen.
"Respiratory care as a practice" does not include the
delivery, assembly, setup, testing, or demonstration of respiratory
care equipment in the home upon the order of a licensed physician.
As used in this paragraph, "demonstration" does not include the
actual teaching, administration, or performance of the respiratory
care procedures.
"Respiratory care protocols" as used in this section means
policies and procedures developed by an organized health care system
through consultation, when appropriate, with administrators, licensed
physicians and surgeons, licensed registered nurses, licensed
physical therapists, licensed respiratory care practitioners, and
other licensed health care practitioners. Section History: Recent Form
85 Acts, ch 151, § 2
CS85, § 135F.2
90 Acts, ch 1193, § 2
C93, § 152B.2
97 Acts, ch 68, §1
Referred to in § 152B.5, 152B.7A, 152B.11