POLYSOMNOGRAPHY-RELATED RESPIRATORY CARE

54-4307. POLYSOMNOGRAPHY-RELATED RESPIRATORY CARE. (1) Only persons who are licensed as respiratory care practitioners or who are exempt from licensure pursuant to section 54-4312, Idaho Code, or who hold a permit issued by the board pursuant to the provisions of this chapter may provide polysomnography-related respiratory care services. (2) An applicant for a permit to provide polysomnography-related respiratory care services must: (a) Submit an application to the board on forms prescribed by the board and pay the permit fee required pursuant to this chapter; (b) Not have been convicted of an offense or disciplined by a licensing body in a manner that bears, in the judgment of the board, a demonstrable relationship to the provision of polysomnography-related respiratory care services; (c) Be a high school graduate, have graduated from a nonpublic school, or have passed a general educational development (GED) examination and earned a GED certificate; and (d) Be currently certified in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. (3) A polysomnographic technologist applicant must have successfully completed the certification examination approved by the board. (4) A polysomnographic technician applicant must have successfully completed a polysomnography program of not less than one (1) year duration, associated with a nationally accredited educational facility.