{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-2042","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-2042","heading":"Practice of respiratory care without license prohibited -","body":"Exceptions - Practices of other health care personnel not to be\n\nlimited - Performance of specific functions qualified by examination\n\nnot prohibited.\n\nA. No person shall practice respiratory care or represent\n\nthemselves to be a respiratory care practitioner unless licensed\n\nunder the Respiratory Care Practice Act, except as otherwise\n\nprovided by the Respiratory Care Practice Act.\n\nB. The Respiratory Care Practice Act does not prohibit:\n\n1. The practice of respiratory care which is an integral part\n\nof the program of study by students enrolled in a respiratory care\n\neducation program recognized by the State Board of Medical Licensure\n\nand Supervision. Students enrolled in respiratory therapy education\n\nprograms shall be identified as \"student - RCP\" and shall only\n\nprovide respiratory care under clinical supervision;\n\n2. Self-care by a patient, or gratuitous care by a friend or\n\nfamily member who does not represent or hold out to be a respiratory\n\ncare practitioner;\n\n3. Monitoring, installation or delivery of medical devices,\n\ngases and equipment and the maintenance thereof by a nonlicensed\n\nperson for the express purpose of self-care by a patient or\n\ngratuitous care by a friend or family member;\n\n4. Respiratory care services rendered in the course of an\n\nemergency;\n\n5. Persons in the military services or working in federal\n\nfacilities from rendering respiratory care services when functioning\n\nin the course of their assigned duties;\n\n6. The respiratory care practitioner from performing advances\n\nin the art and techniques of respiratory care learned through\n\nformalized or specialized training; and\n\n7. For purposes of continuing education, consulting, or\n\ntraining, any person performing respiratory care in the state, if\n\nthese services are performed for no more than thirty (30) days in a\n\ncalendar year in association with a respiratory care practitioner\n\nlicensed pursuant to the Respiratory Care Practice Act or in\n\nassociation with a licensed physician or surgeon, if:\n\na. the person is licensed as a respiratory care\n\npractitioner or the equivalent, as determined by the\n\nState Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, in\n\ngood standing in another state or the District of\n\nColumbia, or\n\nb. the person holds a professional respiratory care\n\ncredential as conferred by the National Board for\n\nRespiratory Care or its successor or equivalent\n\naccrediting agency as identified by the Respiratory\n\nCare Advisory Committee and approved by the State\n\nBoard of Medical Licensure and Supervision.\n\nC. Nothing in the Respiratory Care Practice Act shall limit,\n\npreclude, or otherwise interfere with the lawful practices of\n\npersons working under the supervision of the responsible physician.\n\nIn addition, nothing in the Respiratory Care Practice Act shall\n\ninterfere with the practices of health care personnel who are\n\nformally trained and licensed by appropriate agencies of this state.\n\nD. An individual who, by passing an examination which includes\n\ncontent in one or more of the functions included in the Respiratory\n\nCare Practice Act, and who has passed an examination that meets the\n\nstandards of the National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies\n\n(NCHCA) or an equivalent organization, shall not be prohibited from\n\nperforming the procedures for which they were tested. An individual\n\nwho has demonstrated competency in one or more areas covered by the\n\nRespiratory Care Practice Act may perform only those functions for\n\nwhich the individual is qualified by examination to perform. The\n\nstandards of the National Commission for Health Certifying Agencies\n\nshall serve to evaluate those examinations and examining\n\norganizations.\n\nE. Practitioners regulated under the Respiratory Care Practice\n\nAct shall be covered under the \"Good Samaritan Act\", Section 5 et\n\nseq. of Title 76 of the Oklahoma Statutes.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"e1b21ea4328bacfd7b8147cfec047f7914a36525e96052fcb5f1e6cd340f74a1","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-2041","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-2043"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}