114 chapters · 2,304 sections in this title.
RCW 18.89.010 Legislative findings—Insurance coverage not mandated.
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The legislature finds that in order to safeguard life, health, and to promote public welfare, a person practicing or offering to practice respiratory care as a respiratory care practitioner in this state shall be required to submit evidence that he or she is qualified to practice…
RCW 18.89.015 Unlawful practice, when.
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After July 1, 1998, it shall be unlawful for a person to practice or to offer to practice as a respiratory care practitioner in this state or to use a title, sign, or device to indicate that such a person is practicing as a respiratory care practitioner unless the person has been…
RCW 18.89.020 Definitions.
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Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Department" means the department of health. (2) "Direct supervision" means a health care practitioner is continuously on-site and physically present in the treatment…
RCW 18.89.030 Respiratory care practitioner—What constitutes.
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A respiratory care practitioner is a person who adopts or uses any title or any description of services which incorporates one or more of the following terms or designations: (1) RT, (2) RCP, (3) respiratory care practitioner, (4) respiratory therapist, (5) respiratory technician…