Respiratory Care Board Committees

Respiratory Care Board Committees
February 2006

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Members of the Executive Committee include the Board's president and vice-president. As elected officers, this Committee makes interim (between Board meetings) decisions as necessary. This Committee also provides guidance to administrative staff for the budgeting and organizational components of the Board (i.e., sunset review, budget change proposals, contracts, meeting agendas and preparations, etc.). This Committee is responsible for directing the fulfillment of recommendations made by the Joint Committee on Boards, Commissions, and Consumer Safety (formerly known as the Joint Legislative Sunset Review Committee).

President: Larry L. Renner, BS, RRT, RPFT
Vice-President: Gary N. Stern, Esq.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Members of the Education Committee are responsible for the review and development of regulations regarding the educational requirements for initial licensure and continuing education programs and makes recommendations to the full Board. Essentially, they monitor various education criteria, requirements for licensure, taking into consideration ever-changing, as well as new developments in technology and managed care.

Chair: Barbara M. Stenson, RCP
Member: Murray Olson, RCP

ENFORCEMENT COMMITTEE
Members of the Enforcement Committee are responsible for the development, review and continued refinement of Board-adopted policies, positions and disciplinary guidelines and make recommendations to the full Board. Although the members of the Enforcement Committee do not review individual enforcement cases (if they do they recuse themselves from any further proceedings), they are responsible for policy development for the overall management of the enforcement program, pursuant to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

Chair: Gopal D. Chaturvedi
Member: Gary N. Stern, Esq.

LEGISLATIVE/LEGAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Members of the Legislative Affairs Committee are responsible for identifying, tracking, and making recommendations to the Board with respect to legislation impacting the Board's programs, consumers, and the practice of respiratory care. In consultation with legal counsel, Board staff, and other interested parties, members develop legislative language, propose/recommend legislative changes, and identify statutory needs and make recommendations to the full Board.

Chair: Gary N. Stern, Esq.
Member: Scott J. Svonkin

OUTREACH COMMITTEE
Members of the Outreach Committee are responsible for the development of consumer outreach projects, including the Board's newsletter, website, e-government initiatives and outside organization presentations and make recommendations to the full Board as needed. These members act as good will ambassadors and represent the Board at the invitation of outside organizations and programs.

Chair: Richard L. Sheldon, MD
Member: Barbara M. Stenson, RCP

PROFESSIONAL LICENSING COMMITTEE
Members of the Professional Licensing Committee identify needs for reform, revision, and development of policies to strengthen the Board's licensing program or to ensure consumers have access to licensed respiratory care practitioners. This Committee addresses scope-of-practice issues and responds to scope-of-practice inquiries.

Chair: Richard L. Sheldon, MD
Member: Murray Olson, RCP

UNLICENSED PERSONNEL TASK FORCE
This task force is charged with developing and conferring with interested parties in regard to, legislative and regulatory proposals and other recommendations made in connection with the Board's reviews of unlicensed personnel (i.e. home care, polysomnography, pulmonary function testing, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy). This task force makes recommendations, as appropriate, to the full Board.

Chair: Larry L. Renner, RCP
Member: Gary N. Stern, Esq