Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 51082 - Respiratory Care Practitioner
(a)
A respiratory care practitioner is a person trained and licensed as specified
in Business and Professions Code section
3700
et seq., while acting within the scope of practice for respiratory care
providers authorized by California law, to provide therapy, management,
rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation, and care of patients with deficiencies
and abnormalities which affect the pulmonary system and associated aspects of
cardiopulmonary and other systems.
(b) Respiratory care practitioners must meet
the standards for participation in the Medi-Cal program as specified in section
51225.5 to implement the written
or verbal orders of a physician pertaining to the practice of respiratory
care.
Notes
Note: Authority cited: Sections 14105 and 14124.5, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 14509 and 14132, Welfare and Institutions Code.
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