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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62429</law_id><section_number>54.1-2954</section_number><catch_line>Respiratory therapist; definition</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>54.1-3408</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="54.1">Professions and Occupations</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="III">Professions and Occupations Regulated by Boards Within the Department of Health Professions</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="29">Medicine and Other Healing Arts</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="4">Licensure and Certification of Other Practitioners of the Healing Arts</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>&#x201C;Respiratory therapist&#x201D; means a person who has passed the examination for the entry level <span class="dictionary">practice of respiratory care</span> administered by the National <span class="dictionary">Board</span> for Respiratory Care, Inc., or other examination approved by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, who has complied with the regulations pertaining to licensure prescribed by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>, and who has been issued a license by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.</p></section></text><history>1985, c. 347, &#xA7; 54-281.10; 1988, c. 765; 1998, c. 557; 2015, c. 302.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
