Bill Text: VA HB745 | 2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Respiratory therapists; practice pending licensure.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-04-27 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0764) [HB745 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2022-HB745-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §54.1-2955 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§54.1-2955. Restriction of titles.
A. It is unlawful for any person not holding a current
and valid license from the Virginia Board of Medicine to practice
as a respiratory therapist or to assume the title "Respiratory
Therapist" or to use, in conjunction with his name, the letters
"RT."
B. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection A, a person who has graduated from an accredited respiratory therapy education program may practice with the title "Respiratory Therapist, License Applicant" or "RT-Applicant" until he has received a failing score on any examination required by the Board for licensure or six months from the date of graduation, whichever occurs sooner. Any person practicing pursuant to this subsection as shall be identified with the title "Respiratory Therapist, License Applicant" or "RT-Applicant" on any identification issued by an employer and in conjunction with any signature in the course of his practice.
2. That an emergency exists and this act in in force from its passage.