Title 18 — Title 18 BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS

(1) The purpose of this compact is to facilitate the interstate practice of respiratory therapy with the goal of improving public access to respiratory therapy services by providing respiratory therapists licensed in a member state the ability to practice in other member states. …

As used in this compact, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions shall apply:(1) "Active military member" means any person with a full-time duty status in the armed forces of the United States, including members of the national guard and reserve.(2) "Adve…

(1) In order to participate in this compact and thereafter continue as a member state, a member state shall:(a) Enact a compact that is not materially different from the model compact;(b) License respiratory therapists;(c) Participate in the commission's data system;(d) Have a me…

(1) To exercise the compact privilege under the terms and provisions of the compact, the licensee shall:(a) Hold and maintain an active home state license as a respiratory therapist;(b) Hold and maintain an active credential from the national board for respiratory care (or its su…

(1) An active military member, or their spouse, shall designate a home state where the individual has a current license in good standing. The individual may retain the home state designation during the period the service member is on active duty.(2) An active military member and …

(1) A member state in which a licensee is licensed shall have authority to impose adverse action against the license issued by that member state.(2) A member state may take adverse action based on significant investigative information of a remote state or the home state, so long …

(1) The compact member states hereby create and establish a joint government agency whose membership consists of all member states that have enacted the compact known as the respiratory care interstate compact commission. The commission is an instrumentality of the compact member…

(1) The commission shall provide for the development, maintenance, operation, and utilization of a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse action, and the presence of significant investigative information.(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of …

(1) The commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently implement and administer the purposes and provisions of the compact. A rule shall be invalid and have no force or effect only if a court of competent jurisdiction holds that the rule is i…

(1) Oversight.(a) The executive and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and take all actions necessary and appropriate to implement the compact.(b) Venue is proper and judicial proceedings by or against the commission shall be bro…

(1) The compact shall come into effect on the date on which the compact statute is enacted into law in the seventh member state ("effective date").(a) On or after the effective date of the compact, the commission shall convene and review the enactment of each of the first seven m…

(1) This compact and the commission's rule-making authority shall be liberally construed so as to effectuate the purposes and the implementation and administration of the compact. Provisions of the compact expressly authorizing or requiring the promulgation of rules shall not be …

(1) Nothing herein shall prevent or inhibit the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with the compact.(2) Any laws, statutes, regulations, or other legal requirements in a member state in conflict with the compact are superseded to the extent of…