(1) Only persons who are licensed as respiratory care practitioners or who are exempt from licensure pursuant to section 54-4312, Idaho Code, or who hold a permit issued by the board under the provisions of this chapter may provide polysomnography-related respiratory care services.
(2)  An applicant for a permit to provide polysomnography-related respiratory care services must:
(a)  Submit an application to the board on forms prescribed by the board and pay the permit fee required under this chapter;
(b)  Not have been convicted of an offense or disciplined by a licensingbody in a manner that bears, in the judgment of the board, a demonstrable relationship to the provision of polysomnography-related respiratory care services;
(c)  Be a high school graduate or have passed a general educational development (GED) examination and earned a GED certificate; and
(d)  Be currently certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 54-4307

  • Board: means the state board of medicine. See Idaho Code 54-4303
  • Polysomnographic technician: means a person who holds a permit and meets requirements as set forth in section 54-4307, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 54-4303
  • Polysomnographic technologist: means a person who holds a permit and meets requirements as set forth in section 54-4307, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 54-4303
  • Polysomnography: means the process of analysis, attended monitoring, and recording of physiologic data during sleep and wakefulness to assist in the assessment and diagnosis of sleep/wake disorders and other disorders, syndromes, and dysfunctions that are sleep-related, manifest during sleep, or disrupt normal sleep/wake cycles and activities. See Idaho Code 54-4303
  • Polysomnography-related respiratory care services: means the limited practice of respiratory care in the provision of polysomnography services. See Idaho Code 54-4303
  • Respiratory care: means the treatment, management, diagnostic testing, monitoring, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with the cardiopulmonary system. See Idaho Code 54-4303
(3)  A polysomnographic technologist applicant must have successfully completed the certification examination approved by the board.
(4)  A polysomnographic technician applicant must have successfully completed a polysomnography program of not less than one (1) year duration, associated with a nationally accredited educational facility.