ORS 688.815: License to practice respiratory care.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
The Health Licensing Office may issue a license to practice respiratory care to an applicant who: (1) Submits to the office written evidence that the applicant: (a) Is at least 18 years of age; (b) Has completed an approved four-year high school course of study or the equivalent as determined by the appropriate educational agency; and (c) As approved by the office by rule, satisfies the requirements to be credentialed as a registered respiratory therapist by the National Board for Respiratory Care, or its successor organization; and (2) Passes any examinations approved by the Respiratory Therapist and Polysomnographic Technologist Licensing Board, including but not limited to an examination regarding Oregon law and administrative rules related to the practice of respiratory care. [1997 c.792 §6; 2001 c.40 §1; 2003 c.547 §32; 2005 c.21 §9; 2005 c.648 §43; 2009 c.701 §27; 2011 c.715 §4; 2012 c.43 §20; 2013 c.314 §31; 2013 c.568 §69; 2017 c.401 §1; 2019 c.456 §48]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 331-710-0000: Training — implements
- OAR 331-710-0000: Training — authority
- OAR 331-710-0010: Application Requirements for a Respiratory Therapist License — implements
- OAR 331-710-0010: Application Requirements for a Respiratory Therapist License — authority
- OAR 331-710-0015: Temporary Respiratory Therapist Licensure — authority
- OAR 331-710-0020: Application Requirements for a Temporary Respiratory Therapist License — implements
- OAR 331-710-0020: Application Requirements for a Temporary Respiratory Therapist License — authority
- OAR 331-712-0010: Polysomnography Approved Examinations — implements
- OAR 331-712-0010: Polysomnography Approved Examinations — authority
- OAR 331-712-0020: General Examination Information — implements
- OAR 331-712-0020: General Examination Information — authority
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Cited by
- ORS 192.556: Definitions for ORS 192.553 to 192.581.
- ORS 433.443: Authority of Public Health Director during public health emergency; penalties; access to and use of individually identifiable health information; rules.
- ORS 688.800: Definitions for ORS 688.800 to 688.840.
- ORS 688.802: License required to practice respiratory care.
- ORS 688.807: Exemptions for practice of polysomnography and respiratory care by licensed individuals.
- ORS 746.600: Definitions for ORS 746.600 to 746.690.
- OAR 331-710-0000: Training
- OAR 331-710-0005: Respiratory Therapist License
- OAR 331-710-0045: Polysomnographic Technologist License
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors688.html