Terms Used In Utah Code 58-57-5

  • Board: means the Respiratory Care Licensing Board created in Section 58-57-3. See Utah Code 58-57-2
  • Practitioner: means an individual currently licensed, registered, or otherwise authorized by the appropriate jurisdiction to prescribe and administer drugs and order respiratory care in the course of professional practice. See Utah Code 58-57-2
  • Respiratory care practitioner: means any person licensed to practice respiratory care under this chapter. See Utah Code 58-57-2
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
     If an applicant has completed a respiratory care practitioner education program that is approved by the board and accredited by a nationally accredited organization acceptable to the division, as defined by rule, the board may recommend that the division issue a license without examination to any applicant currently licensed by another state as a respiratory care practitioner or its equivalent, if the requirements for licensing in that state are at least as stringent as the requirements under this chapter.

Amended by Chapter 106, 2006 General Session