California Business and Professions Code 3731 – A person holding a license as a respiratory care practitioner issued …
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A person holding a license as a respiratory care practitioner issued by the board shall use the title “respiratory care practitioner” or the letters “RCP”. The license as a respiratory care practitioner shall not authorize the use of the prefix “Dr.”, or the word “doctor”, or any suffix or affix indicating or implying that the licensed person is a doctor or a physician and surgeon.
The suffix “M.D.” shall not be used unless the licensed practitioner is licensed as a physician and surgeon in this state.
Terms Used In California Business and Professions Code 3731
- Board: means the Respiratory Care Board of California. See California Business and Professions Code 3704
- license: means license, certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code or referred to in Section 1000 or 3600. See California Business and Professions Code 23.7
- Respiratory care: includes "respiratory therapy" or "inhalation therapy" where those terms mean respiratory care. See California Business and Professions Code 3704
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Business and Professions Code 21
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1274, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1995.)