California CodesBusiness and Professions Code - BPCDivision 2 — Healing ArtsChapter 8.3 — Respiratory TherapyArticle 1 — General ProvisionsSection 3704
As used in this chapter, these terms shall be defined as follows:
(a) “Board” means the Respiratory Care Board of California.
(b) “Department” means the Department of Consumer Affairs.
(c) “Medical director” means a physician and surgeon who is a member of a health care facility’s active medical staff and who is knowledgeable in respiratory care.
(d) “Respiratory care” includes “respiratory therapy” or “inhalation therapy,” where those terms mean respiratory care.
(e) “Respiratory therapy school” means a program reviewed and approved by the board.
(f) “State agency” includes every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, authority, and commission.
Notes
Defines key terms for the Respiratory Care Practice Act, including board, department, medical director, respiratory care, respiratory therapy school, and state agency. Defines a medical director as an active-medical-staff physician knowledgeable in respiratory care, treats respiratory or inhalation therapy as respiratory care, and limits a respiratory therapy school to a board-reviewed and approved program.
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