(a)        This Article shall be known as the “Cardiac Rehabilitation Certification Program.”

(b)        The purpose of this Article is to provide for the development, establishment, and enforcement of rules and certification:

(1)        For the care and treatment of individuals in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programs; and

(2)        For the maintenance and operation of cardiac rehabilitation programs to ensure safe and adequate treatment of individuals in cardiac rehabilitation programs. (1983, c. 775, s. 1; 1995, c. 182, s. 1.)