Maine § 32 §9702 Definitions

Maine Statutes

§ 32 §9702 — Definitions

Maine·Title 32 PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS·Ch. 97 RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

1.Board. "Board" means the Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners established under this chapter.

2.Commissioner. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation.

3.Department. "Department" means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation.

4.Person. "Person" means any individual, partnership, unincorporated organization or corporation.

5.Respiratory care. "Respiratory care" means the therapy, management, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation and care, administered on the order of a physician or surgeon, of patients with deficiencies and abnormalties affecting the cardiopulmonary system and associated aspects of other bodily syst

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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
1.
Board.
"Board" means the Board of Respiratory Care Practitioners established under this chapter.
2.
Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation.
3.
Department.
"Department" means the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation.
4.
Person.
"Person" means any individual, partnership, unincorporated organization or corporation.
5.
Respiratory care.
"Respiratory care" means the therapy, management, rehabilitation, diagnostic evaluation and care, administered on the order of a physician or surgeon, of patients with deficiencies and abnormalties affecting the cardiopulmonary system and associated aspects of other bodily systems, including, but not limited to, the following:
6.
Respiratory care practitioner.
"Respiratory care practitioner" means a person licensed as a respiratory therapist or as a respiratory care technician under this chapter.
7.
Respiratory care practitioner trainee.
"Respiratory care practitioner trainee" means an employee of a health care facility who is enrolled in the clinical portion of an approved respiratory care educational program.