Respiratory Care Board of California

Scope of Practice Inquiries/Responses

The Board often receives inquiries regarding a respiratory care practitioner's scope of practice. The table below provides a summary of those inquiries and the Board's responses. The inquiries and responses are listed below alphabetically by subject and in reverse chronological order.

Subject(s)
 Date Ref #
Arterial Blood Draw 03/15/04 2004-C-08
Albuterol Protocol 09/09/04 2004-C-16
Appropriate Staffing Levels 03/12/04 2003-C-34
Bronchopulmonary Hygiene 5/17/05 2004-C-34
Concurrent Therapy 8/14/03 2003-C-16
NON-Licensed Person Setting Up a CPAP 06/27/05 2005-C-11
CPR Card 09/29/04 2004-C-21
Disagree with Doctor's Order 03/15/04 2004-C-04
Set Up or Application of Home Medical Devices
RCP's Performing Assessments		 09/09/04
06/27/05		 2004-C-18
2005-C-19
Independent Contractor 05/27/04 2004-C-10
Laser Hair Removal 09/09/04 2004-C-13
Nebulizer 03/03/04 2004-C-06
Non-Licensed Personnel Adjusting Oxygen 02/21/03 2005-C-06
Oxygen Bars 09/16/04 2004-C-11
Patient Assessment and Triage 09/09/04 2004-C-17
Protocols
Protocols/ Writing Medication Order
Protocols/ Review Stat X-Rays		 05/04/04
11/16/04
02/16/05		 2004-C-09
2004-C-27
2004-C-30
Recover a Patient 03/15/04 2004-C-05
Registered Nurse in Charge of the Day-Today Operations of a Respiratory Care Department 03/05/04 2003-C-28
Respiratory Therapist Drawing Arterial Bloods 03/15/04 2004-C-08
RN's Working as RCP's 05/17/05 2004-C-32
Concurrent Therapy 08/14/03 2003-C-16
Staffing for Ventilator Patients 06/27/05 2005-C-18
Transporting of Neonatal Patients 05/31/05 2005-C-03
Verbal Orders 09/09/04 2004-C-15