Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 51082.1 - Respiratory Care Practitioner Services
(a) Respiratory care practitioner services
means medically necessary services rendered within scope of practice of a
respiratory care practitioner under the supervision of a physician for the
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 functions.
These services include, but are not limited to:
(1) direct and indirect pulmonary care
services;
(2) direct and indirect
respiratory care procedures, including the administration of pharmacological,
diagnostic, and therapeutic agents necessary to implement treatment, disease
prevention, pulmonary rehabilitation, or diagnostic regimen prescribed by a
physician and surgeon;
(3)
observation and monitoring of signs and symptoms, general behavior and
physiological responses to respiratory care treatment and diagnostic testing;
and
(4) diagnostic and therapeutic
services which may include:
(A) administration
of medical gases (except general anesthetics), aerosols, humidification, and
environmental control systems;
(B)
pharmacologic agents related to respiratory care procedures;
(C) mechanical or physiological ventilatory
support;
(D) bronchopulmonary
hygiene;
(E) cardiopulmonary
resuscitation;
(F) maintenance of
natural airways;
(G) insertion
without cutting tissues and maintenance of artificial airways;
(H) diagnostic and testing techniques
required for implementation of respiratory care protocols; and
(I) collection and analysis of blood
specimens, and specimens from the respiratory
tract.
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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