{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-604.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 604.003","heading":"EFFECT OF CHAPTER.","body":"This chapter does not prohibit:\n(1) the practice of respiratory care as an integral part of the program of study by a student enrolled in a respiratory care education program approved by the advisory board;\n(2) the employment by a health care facility of a person to deliver limited respiratory care support services under the supervision of another person who holds a certificate issued under this chapter, if the person delivering the services does not perform an invasive procedure related to critical respiratory care, including a therapeutic, diagnostic, or palliative procedure, as part of the person's employment and if that person:\n(A) is enrolled for credit in the clinical portion of an approved respiratory care education program; or\n(B) has completed all of the clinical portion of an approved respiratory care education program within the preceding 12 months and is actively pursuing a course of study leading to graduation from the program;\n(3) the care of an ill person provided without charge by a friend or family member;\n(4) care provided in an emergency by a person who does not claim to be a respiratory care practitioner;\n(5) the performance by a respiratory care practitioner of an advance in the art and techniques of respiratory care learned through formal or specialized training;\n(6) the practice of respiratory care by health care personnel who have been formally trained in the care used and who are:\n(A) licensed under the law regulating their professions; or\n(B) acting under the delegated authority of a licensed physician;\n(7) the practice of a legally qualified respiratory care practitioner who is discharging the practitioner's official duties as an employee of the United States government; or\n(8) the practice by a person of a profession or occupation for which the person is licensed, registered, or certified under another law of this state.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.150, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE K. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO USE OF CERTAIN MEDICAL EQUIPMENT","CHAPTER 604. RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.604.htm#604.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"bf73f6e6c816033a8101ac54f5ae9effc99133fa9d5f47039ad5d1871d7c60d4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-604.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-604.021"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}