The board shall administer and implement this chapter. The board’s duties in these areas shall include, but are not limited to, the following:
 1. The adoption, publication and amendment of rules, in accordance with chapter 17A, necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 152B.6

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Board: means the board of respiratory care and polysomnography created under chapter 147. See Iowa Code 152B.1
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Respiratory care: includes "respiratory therapy" or "inhalation therapy". See Iowa Code 152B.1
 2. The establishment of a system for the licensure of respiratory care practitioners and the establishment and collection of licensure fees.
 3. The designation of licensure examinations for respiratory care practitioners.