New Hampshire Revised Statutes 326-E:4 – Professional Identification
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I. A person holding a license to practice respiratory care in this state shall use the title “respiratory care practitioner” and the abbreviation, “R.C.P.”.
II. The licensee shall show his or her license when requested.
III. A person matriculated in an accredited respiratory care or polysomnographic technology education program shall display appropriate identification.
IV. A person or business entity, its employees, agents, or representatives shall not use in conjunction with that person’s name or the activity of the business the words “respiratory care”, “respiratory therapy”, “respiratory care practitioner”, “respiratory therapist”, the letters “R.T.” or “R.C.P”, or any other words, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying directly or indirectly that respiratory care is provided or supplied, including the billing of services labeled as respiratory care, unless such services are provided by or under the direction of a respiratory care practitioner licensed under this chapter.
II. The licensee shall show his or her license when requested.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 326-E:4
- person: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
- Respiratory care: means the treatment, management, diagnostic testing and evaluation of responses to respiratory or medical treatment and care of individuals or groups of individuals either having deficiencies or abnormalities of the cardiopulmonary system or requiring support of the cardiopulmonary system. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 326-E:1
- Respiratory care practitioner: means a person who is:
(a) Licensed in the practice or performance of respiratory care who has the knowledge and skill necessary to administer the functions defined in paragraph X of this section. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 326-E:1 - state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
III. A person matriculated in an accredited respiratory care or polysomnographic technology education program shall display appropriate identification.
IV. A person or business entity, its employees, agents, or representatives shall not use in conjunction with that person’s name or the activity of the business the words “respiratory care”, “respiratory therapy”, “respiratory care practitioner”, “respiratory therapist”, the letters “R.T.” or “R.C.P”, or any other words, abbreviations, or insignia indicating or implying directly or indirectly that respiratory care is provided or supplied, including the billing of services labeled as respiratory care, unless such services are provided by or under the direction of a respiratory care practitioner licensed under this chapter.