A Respiratory Care Act is a common term for a law enacted allowing for the practice of Respiratory Care in a given state, province, region or nation.
[ ] The name of the law may differ slightly but typically Respiratory Care is the identifier title.
Board of Respiratory Care
A board of respiratory care is typically a division of that states Department of Health, much like a Board of Nursing or Board of Medicine. Granting licenses to applicants and reviewing policy related to practice and care.
United States Congress notable acts
Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act
Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the
Social Security Act
The Social Security Act of 1935 is a law enacted by the 74th United States Congress and signed into law by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The law created the Social Security program as well as insurance against unemployment. The law was pa ...
to cover the services of a qualified
respiratory practitioner
A respiratory therapist is a specialized healthcare practitioner trained in critical care and cardio-pulmonary medicine in order to work therapeutically with people who have acute critical conditions, cardiac
The heart is a muscular ...
performed under the general supervision of a
physician
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
.
*H.R. 3968: Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2007 — Result: ''Died in committee''
*S. 2704: Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2008 — Result: ''Died in committee''
*S. 343: Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2009 — Result: ''Died in committee''
*H.R. 941: Medicare Respiratory Therapy Initiative Act of 2011 — ''Currently in committee''
References
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