(A) Licenses issued under this article are subject to annual renewal and expire unless renewed in the manner prescribed by the regulations of the committee. The committee may recommend additional requirements for license renewal which provide evidence of continued competency. The board may provide for the late renewal of a license upon payment of a late fee.

(B) An inactive license is subject to expiration and may be renewed as provided in this section, but renewal does not entitle the respiratory care practitioner, while the license remains inactive, to engage in the certified activity of respiratory therapy. If a certificate suspended on disciplinary grounds is reinstated, the respiratory care practitioner, as a condition of reinstatement, shall pay the renewal fee and any applicable late fee.

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-47-640

  • Board: means the Board of Medical Examiners of South Carolina. See South Carolina Code 40-47-510
  • Committee: means the Respiratory Care Committee which is established by this article as an advisory committee responsible to the board. See South Carolina Code 40-47-510
  • 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.
  • Inactive license: means the official temporary retirement of a person's authorization to practice upon the person's notice to the board that the person does not wish to practice. See South Carolina Code 40-47-20
  • License: means a current document authorizing a person to practice. See South Carolina Code 40-47-20
  • Practitioner: means a person who has been issued an authorization to practice in this State. See South Carolina Code 40-47-20
  • Reinstatement: means an action of the board in a disciplinary matter that authorizes the resumption of practice upon any terms or conditions ordered or agreed to by the board. See South Carolina Code 40-47-20
  • Respiratory care practitioner: means a respiratory therapist or a respiratory therapy technician licensed to practice respiratory therapy who is a graduate of a school for respiratory therapy approved by the American Medical Association or a successor accrediting authority recognized as such by the board. See South Carolina Code 40-47-510
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