The following definitions shall apply to the
Ohio respiratory care board
state medical board of Ohio for the practice of
respiratory care:
(A) "Board" means
the
Ohio respiratory care board
state medical board of Ohio.
(B) "Licensee" means a respiratory care
professional issued a license under section 4761.04
4761.05 of the Revised Code who
can practice the full range of respiratory care as defined under division (A)
of section 4761.01 of the Revised Code.
(C) "Limited permit holder" or
"permit holder" means a person who holds a limited permit issued under Chapter
4761. of the Revised Code.
(D) "Not in active practice" means
that a licensee has notified the board that he is temporarily not engaging in
the practice of respiratory care.
(E)
(D) "Designate" means
any person or group authorized by the board as its agent to handle testing or
other functions.
(F)
(E) "Under the supervision" as it is used under
division (B) of section
4761.17 of the Revised Code
means that the prescribing physician
, physician
assistant, or authorized nurse is available to provide direction to the
respiratory care practitioner providing the respiratory care service.
(G) "Nonresident" as used under
division (A)(4) of section 4761.11 of the Revised Code, means an individual
holds a permanent residence outside the state of Ohio or holds a temporary
residence within the state of Ohio for no more than thirty days in a
year.
(H)
(F) "License", as it
is used under division (A) of section
4761.05 of the Revised Code,
means the license certificate or a notarized copy of the license certificate as
issued by the board.
(I)
(G) "Conspicuous display" as it concerns the license
certificate, means in a place accessible to the public during normal operating
hours of the principal place of business.
(J)
(H) "National Board
for Respiratory Care, Inc. (NBRC)" means the national credentialing board for
pulmonary technology and respiratory therapy.
(K) "Lapsed" means a license or
limited permit is no longer active according to the expiration date posted on
the identification card.
(L)
(I) "Licensure by
endorsement" means the issuance of a license based upon board approval of an
examination recognized by the board as meeting the requirements of division
(A)(3) of section 4761.04 of the Revised
Code.
(M)
(J) "Licensure by Ohio examination" means the issuance
of a license based upon successfully passing an examination offered to
individuals who qualify for an educational waiver provided for in Section 6 of
Sub. House Bill 111 of the 118th General Assembly.
(N)
(K) "A year" as the
term is used in division (A)(4) of section
4761.11 of the Revised Code,
means three hundred sixty five days from the approval date of the non-resident
registration.
(O)
(L) "A prescription or other order" means any verbal
or written order or prescription for respiratory care services as defined under
section 4761.01 of the Revised Code
given in accordance with division (A) of section
4761.17 of the Revised
Code.
(P)
(M) "Organization" means any agency employing
respiratory care providers.
(Q)
(N) "Official
transcript" means an official transcript from a respiratory care educational
program approved by the board pursuant to rule
4761-4-01
of the Administrative Code which lists the courses taken to earn a degree or
certificate of completion in respiratory care, the number of hours and grade
earned for each course, and the date and type of degree or certificate of
completion earned. The transcript must be marked "official" by the issuing
institution.
(R)
(O) "Minimal Sedation," as the term is used in rule
4761-7-05
of the Administrative Code, means a drug-induced state during which patients
can respond normally to verbal commands. Although cognitive function and
coordination may be impaired, ventilatory and cardiovascular function are
unaffected. "Minimal sedation" shall not include sedation achieved through
intravenous administration of drugs.
(S)
(P) "Moderate
sedation/analgesia," as the term is used in rule
4761-7-05
of the Administrative Code, means a drug-induced depression of consciousness
during which patients can respond purposefully to verbal commands, either alone
or accompanied by light tactile stimulation. Reflex withdrawal from a painful
stimulus is not a purposeful response. No interventions are required to
maintain a patent airway, and spontaneous ventilation is adequate.
Cardiovascular function is maintained.
(T)
(Q) "Deep
sedation/analgesia," means a drug-induced depression of consciousness during
which patients cannot be easily aroused but respond purposefully following
repeated or painful stimulation. The ability to independently maintain
ventilatory function may be impaired. Patients may require assistance in
maintaining a patient airway, and spontaneous ventilation may be inadequate.
Cardiovascular function is usually maintained.
(U)
(R) "General
anesthesia," a drug-induced loss of consciousness during which patients are not
arousable, even by painful stimulation. The ability to independently maintain
ventilatory function is often impaired. Patients often require assistance in
maintaining a patent airway, and positive pressure ventilation may be required
because of depressed spontaneous ventilation or drug-induced depression of
neuromuscular function. Cardiopulmonary function may be impaired.
(V)
(S)
"Off-site supervision," means that the authorized prescriber must be
continuously available for direct communication with the respiratory care
professional and must be in a location that under normal conditions is not more
than sixty minutes travel time from the respiratory care professional's
location.
(W)
(T) "Direct supervision," means that that the
authorized prescriber is actually in sight of the respiratory care professional
when the respiratory care professional is administering a medication to induce
moderate sedation/analgesia in accordance with paragraph (B)(3)(c) of rule
4761-7-05
of the Administrative Code. Although the prescriber may be performing some
other task at the same time, the prescriber is physically present in the same
room, so that the prescriber may immediately provide direction or assume the
performance of the task if difficulties arise. This does not require that the
prescriber is watching "over the shoulder" of the respiratory care professional
as would be required during the training period to ensure that the respiratory
care professional is competent to perform the task.
(X)
(U) "Authorized
prescriber" or "prescriber," means an individual authorized to order or
prescribe respiratory care pursuant to section
4761.17 of the Revised
Code.
(Y)
(V) "Regular employment" as the term is used in
paragraph (A) of rule
4761-5-01
of the Administrative Code means having employment in the practice of
respiratory care equaling no less than an average of twenty-five hours per week
for a period of fifty-two weeks during the three consecutive years prior to the
date of application for an initial license.
(Z)
(W) "Active duty
military service," means currently serving in the branches of the armed forces
as defined in section
145.30 of the Revised
Code.
(AA)
(X) "Veteran," means any person who has completed
service in the armed forces, including the national guard of any state, or a
reserve component of the armed forces, who has been discharged under honorable
conditions from the armed forces or who has been transferred to the reserve
with evidence of satisfactory service.
