ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [3700. - 3706.]

Article 1 added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1344, Sec. 1.

§§ 3700–3706 · 9 sections

• § 3700 This chapter may be cited as the “Respiratory Care Practice Act.”
• § 3701 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the practice of respiratory care in California affects the public health, safety, and welfare and is to be subject…
• § 3702 (a) Respiratory care as a practice means a health care profession employed under the supervision of a medical director in the therapy, management,…
• § 3702.5 Except for the board, a state agency may not define or interpret the practice of respiratory care for those licensed pursuant to this chapter, or develop…
• § 3702.7 The respiratory care practice is further defined and includes, but is not limited to, the following: (a) Mechanical or physiological ventilatory support as…
• § 3703 (a) The settings in which respiratory care may be practiced include licensed health care facilities, hospitals, clinics, ambulatory or home health care,…
• § 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…
• § 3705 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as authorizing a respiratory care practitioner to practice medicine, surgery, or any other form of healing, except…
• § 3706 A person licensed under this chapter who in good faith renders emergency care at the scene of an emergency which occurs outside both the place and the course…