§ 4709 — Licensure without examination; endorsement

(a) The Director may issue a license to practice respiratory care by endorsement and without examination to an applicant who is currently licensed to practice respiratory care under the laws of another state, territory, or country, and who is in good standing to practice respiratory care in that jurisdiction, and, in the opinion of the Director, the standards and qualifications required for regulation of respiratory care in that state or territory are currently at least equal to those required by this chapter.
(b) An applicant for licensure by endorsement may practice under the indirect supervision and responsibility of a licensed respiratory care practitioner in this State, providing the applicant obtains a temporary license and the following are met:
(1) A current supervisor of record form is on file with the Director.
(2) The application is complete, except the Director may be waiting for validation of out-of-state licenses. (Added 2003, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)