§ 14-5A-01 Definitions
§ 14-5A-02 Scope of subtitle
§ 14-5A-03 Regulations
§ 14-5A-04 Fees
§ 14-5A-05 Respiratory Care Professional Standards Committee – Established
§ 14-5A-06 Respiratory Care Professional Standards Committee – Membership
§ 14-5A-07 Respiratory Care Professional Standards Committee – Powers and duties; duties of Board
§ 14-5A-08 Licenses – In general
§ 14-5A-09 Qualifications for licenses
§ 14-5A-10 Applications for licenses
§ 14-5A-11 Issuance of license
§ 14-5A-12 Authority conferred by license
§ 14-5A-13 Expiration, renewal, and reinstatement
§ 14-5A-14 Change of name or address
§ 14-5A-16 Surrender of license
§ 14-5A-17 Denials, reprimands, suspensions, and revocations – In general
§ 14-5A-17.1 Review
§ 14-5A-18 Report of disciplinary action; penalties
§ 14-5A-18.1 Individual licensee profiles – Internet posting
§ 14-5A-19 Reinstatement
§ 14-5A-20 Practicing without license prohibited
§ 14-5A-21 Misrepresentation
§ 14-5A-22 Authorized person to provide care
§ 14-5A-22.1 Employment of individual practicing respiratory care without license prohibited
§ 14-5A-23 Violation; penalties
§ 14-5A-24 Short title
§ 14-5A-25 Termination of subtitle

Terms Used In Maryland Code > HEALTH OCCUPATIONS > Title 14 > Subtitle 5A - Respiratory Care Practitioners

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • including: means includes or including by way of illustration and not by way of limitation. See
  • 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.
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • state: means :

    (1) a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or

    (2) the District of Columbia. See
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.