54-4301 Short Title
54-4302 Legislative Intent
54-4303 Definitions
54-4304 Licensure Board
54-4305 Board of Medicine and Licensure Board — Powers and Duties — Funds
54-4306 License or Permit Required — Provisional License or Permit
54-4307 Polysomnography-Related Respiratory Care
54-4308 Requirements for Licensure
54-4309 Issuance of License or Permit
54-4310 License or Permit Expiration and Renewal
54-4311 Suspension and Revocation of License or Permit — Refusal to Renew
54-4312 Exemptions
54-4313 Misrepresentation — Consumer Protection Act
54-4314 Penalties
54-4315 Severability

Terms Used In Idaho Code > Title 54 > Chapter 43 - Respiratory Care Practice Act

  • Board: means the state board of medicine. See Idaho Code 54-4303
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Licensure board: means the licensure board established by this chapter. See Idaho Code 54-4303
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
  • 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
  • Practice of respiratory care: means the provision of cardiopulmonary care services as directed by a qualified health care practitioner licensed in the state, including but not limited to the diagnostic and therapeutic use of the following:
  • Idaho Code 54-4303
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • 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
  • Respiratory care practitioner: means a person who has been issued a license or permit by the board under the provisions of this chapter to practice respiratory care under the general supervision of a licensed physician or other authorized licensed health care professional. See Idaho Code 54-4303
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Temporary restraining order: Prohibits a person from an action that is likely to cause irreparable harm. This differs from an injunction in that it may be granted immediately, without notice to the opposing party, and without a hearing. It is intended to last only until a hearing can be held.
  • Written registry and clinical simulation examinations: means the certification examinations administered by a board-approved national accrediting organization. See Idaho Code 54-4303