22 Tex. Admin. Code § 187.10 - General Requirements for Certification

(a) All applicants for a certificate must meet the requirements in §604.104 of the Act, and submit:

(1) the board required application form;

(2) payment of the required fee, and additional fees and surcharges, as applicable:

(A) Respiratory care practitioner fee of $125.00; and

(B) Temporary respiratory care practitioner fee of $55.00;

(3) required documentation including, but not limited to:

(A) Certification of Graduation form;

(B) certified transcript of examination scores, if requested;

(C) birth certificate or other similar proof of age;

(D) current NBRC verification, if applicable;

(E) Professional or Work History Evaluation forms demonstrating or relating to the practice of respiratory care for the preceding five years from the date of the application;

(F) National Practitioner Data Bank/Health Integrity and Protection Data Bank report (NPDB-HIPDB);

(G) FBI/DPS Fingerprint Report;

(H) documentation of alternate name or name change, if applicable;

(I) arrest records, if applicable;

(J) malpractice records, if applicable;

(K) treatment records for alcohol or substance use disorder or any physical or mental illness impacting the ability to practice, if applicable;

(L) military orders or DD214, if applicable;

(M) evidence of passage of the Texas Jurisprudence examination with at least a score of 75; and

(N) any other documentation deemed necessary by the board to process an application.

(b) Applications are valid for one year from the date of submission. The one-year period can be extended for the following reasons:

(1) delay in processing an application;

(2) referral to the Licensure Committee;

(3) unanticipated military assignments, medical reasons, or catastrophic events; or

(4) other extenuating circumstances.

(c) In accordance with Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 55, military service members, veterans, and spouses must:

(1) meet the general requirements as set forth in subsection (a); and

(2) submit a completed application on the board approved form and all additional documentation as required, with the exception of the application fee.

(d) The board may allow substitute documents where exhaustive efforts on the applicant's part to secure the required documents are presented.

Notes

22 Tex. Admin. Code § 187.10

The provisions of this §187.10 adopted to be effective January 6, 2002, 26 TexReg 10867; amended to be effective April 27, 2003, 28 TexReg 3326; amended to be effective January 25, 2006, 31 TexReg 394; Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 50, Number 02, January 10, 2025, TexReg 0409, eff. 1/9/2025