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Title 43. PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Chapter 34. PHYSICIANS, ACUPUNCTURE, PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, CANCER AND GLAUCOMA TREATMENT, RESPIRATORY CARE, CLINICAL PERFUSIONISTS, AND ORTHOTICS AND PROSTHETICS PRACTICE · Article 6. RESPIRATORY CARE

43-34-144. Requirements for certification; supervision.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

For effective date of repeal, see note.In force today: For effective date of repeal, see note.
  1. (a)

    Each applicant for certification as a respiratory care professional shall meet the following requirements:#

    1. (1)

      Is at least 18 years of age;#

    2. (2)

      Has submitted a completed application as required by the board;#

    3. (3)

      Has submitted any fees required by the board;#

    4. (4)

      Has successfully passed the entry level examination given by the National Board for Respiratory Care, Inc., or such other examination as the board may in its discretion administer or approve; and#

    5. (5)

      Has met such other requirements as may be prescribed by the board.#

  2. (b)

    In addition to the requirements specified in subsection (a) of this Code section, each applicant for certification under this article shall be working under the supervision or direction of a person licensed under Article 2 of this chapter and shall, in order to maintain certification, continue to work under the supervision or direction of a person licensed under Article 2 of this chapter.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 43-34-145, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 264, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1497, § 4; Code 1981, § 43-34-144, as redesignated by Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509.

Editor's notes

See the Editor’s note following the article heading as to the repeal of this Code section. Former Code Section 43-34-144, concerning certification of persons practicing respiratory care on April 27, 1993, was based on Code 1981, § 43-34-144, enacted by Ga. L. 1986, p. 264, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1497, § 3; Ga. L. 1994, p. 97, § 43, and was repealed by Ga. L. 2009, p. 859, § 1/HB 509, effective July 1, 2009.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t43-ch33-51-(v30a)-2021-pdf.pdf, Volume V30A, 2021 edition, pages 191 to 192; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 6fb9eb45ca3a.