§ 23-39-1 Short title
§ 23-39-2 Definitions
§ 23-39-3 Purpose
§ 23-39-4 License required
§ 23-39-5 Board created
§ 23-39-6 Board duties
§ 23-39-7 Licensing by training and examination
§ 23-39-8 Repealed
§ 23-39-9 Other licensing provisions
§ 23-39-10 Inactive status
§ 23-39-11 Fees
§ 23-39-12 Denial, suspension, revocation, and reinstatement of licenses
§ 23-39-13 Receipts
§ 23-39-14 Penalties – Action to enforce chapter
§ 23-39-15 Severability

Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 23-39 - Respiratory Care Act

  • Board: means the administrative board of respiratory care;

    (2)  "Department" means the Rhode Island department of health;

    (3)  "Director" means the director of the Rhode Island health department;

    (4)  "Division" means the division of professional regulation;

    (5)  "Respiratory care" (including respiratory therapy and inhalation therapy) means a health professional, under qualified medical direction, employed in the therapy, management, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities which affect the cardiopulmonary system and associated aspects of other system function;

    (6)  "Respiratory care practitioner" means a person who is licensed to practice respiratory care in Rhode Island. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-39-2

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • 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.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Respiratory care training program: means a program accredited or recognized by the commission on accreditation of allied health education programs in collaboration with the committee on accreditation for respiratory care or any other accrediting agency that may be approved by the board. See Rhode Island General Laws 23-39-2