BOARD OF RESPIRATORY CARE EXAMINERS

The Board of Respiratory Care Examiners licenses and regulates respiratory care practitioners. The practice of respiratory care includes respiratory rehabilitation therapy, inhalation therapy and oxygen therapy. The practice also includes administrating pharmacological, diagnostic and therapeutic agents necessary to implement a treatment, disease prevention, pulmonary rehabilitative or diagnostic regimen prescribed by a physician.
The Board oversees regulation and licensure of applicants, approves training programs for therapists and technicians, and is authorized to deny, revoke or suspend a license, investigate misconduct, conduct hearings and take disciplinary action as needed.