(1) The board shall issue a mandatory certificate to all applicants who meet the requirements of this chapter and who pay to the board the initial mandatory certificate fee.
(2) The amount of fees prescribed in connection with a mandatory certificate as a respiratory care practitioner shall be prescribed by administrative regulation promulgated by the board in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A.

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 314A.220

  • Board: means the Kentucky Board of Respiratory Care. See Kentucky Statutes 314A.010
  • Mandatory certification: means the board's official authorization to practice respiratory care for the time specified by the mandatory certification. See Kentucky Statutes 314A.010
  • respiratory care practitioner: includes the following:
    (a) A "registered respiratory therapist" means an individual who has successfully completed a training program accredited by the American Medical Association's Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education or its equivalent in collaboration with the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care or its equivalent, and who has successfully completed the registry examination for advanced respiratory therapists administered by the National Board for Respiratory Care, Incorporated or its equivalent. See Kentucky Statutes 314A.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

(3) Each respiratory care mandatory certificate shall expire on January 30 every two (2) years. No person who applies for renewal, whose mandatory certificate has expired, shall be required to submit to any examination as a condition to renewal, provided such renewal application is made within five (5) years from the date of such expiration. No person shall practice respiratory care in this state unless the individual holds a valid certificate. All mandatory certificates not renewed by January 30 following the date of issuance shall be deemed expired.
(4) A suspended mandatory certificate is subject to expiration and shall be renewed as provided in this chapter, but such renewal shall not entitle the respiratory care practitioner, while the mandatory certificate remains suspended, and until it is reinstated, to engage in mandatory certification activities, or in any other activity or conduct in violation of the order of judgment by which the mandatory certificate was suspended. A mandatory certificate revoked on disciplinary grounds is subject to expiration as provided in this chapter, but it may not be renewed. If it is reinstated after its expiration, the mandatory certificate holder, as a condition of reinstatement, shall pay a reinstatement fee in an amount equal to the renewal fee in effect on the last preceding regular renewal date before the date on which it is reinstated, plus the delinquency fee, if any, accrued at the time of its revocation.
(5) A person who fails to renew his or her mandatory certificate within the five (5) years after its expiration may not renew it, and it may not be restored, reissued, or reinstated thereafter, but such persons may apply for and obtain a new mandatory certificate if he meets the requirements of this chapter.
Effective: July 12, 2006
History: Amended 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 16, sec. 1, effective July 12, 2006. — Amended
2002 Ky. Acts ch. 237, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002. — Amended 2000 Ky. Acts ch.
295, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2000. — Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 201, sec. 10, effective July 13, 1990.