Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 4709
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 26 Sec. 4709
- Director: means the Director of the Office of Professional Regulation. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Indirect supervision: means a respiratory care practitioner licensed in this State is immediately available for consultation, direction, or supervision regarding the practice or performance of respiratory care. See
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Respiratory care: means the allied health profession responsible for the treatment, management, diagnostic testing, control, and care of patients with deficiencies and abnormalities associated with cardiopulmonary systems under the direction of a physician, physician assistant, anesthesiologist assistant, or nurse practitioner. See
- Respiratory care practitioner: means a person:
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Supervisor of record: means a respiratory care practitioner licensed in this State who has been practicing actively as a respiratory care practitioner for at least two years prior to becoming a supervisor of record and is employed by the same employer as the person being supervised. See
§ 4709. Licensure without examination; endorsement
(a) The Director may issue a license to practice respiratory care by endorsement and without examination to an applicant who is currently licensed to practice respiratory care under the laws of another state, territory, or country, and who is in good standing to practice respiratory care in that jurisdiction, and, in the opinion of the Director, the standards and qualifications required for regulation of respiratory care in that state or territory are currently at least equal to those required by this chapter.
(b) An applicant for licensure by endorsement may practice under the indirect supervision and responsibility of a licensed respiratory care practitioner in this State, providing the applicant obtains a temporary license and the following are met:
(1) A current supervisor of record form is on file with the Director.
(2) The application is complete, except the Director may be waiting for validation of out-of-state licenses. (Added 2003, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)