43-42-05. Application of chapter

43-42-05. Application of chapter 1. This chapter does not prohibit a person enrolled in a bona fide respiratory care training program from performing those duties essential for completion of a student's clinical service; provided, that the duties are performed under the supervision or direction of a physician or registered respiratory therapist and the person is identified as a "student respiratory therapist". 2. If examinations prepared by the national board for respiratory care are no longer available or become unacceptable to the board, the board may develop, approve, and use examinations for the licensure of registered respiratory therapists and certified respiratory therapists. 3. This chapter does not prevent a licensed and qualified member of another health care profession from performing any of the duties of a registered respiratory therapist, a certified respiratory therapist, or a registered polysomnographic technologist that are consistent with the accepted standards of that person's profession, provided the person is not represented as a registered respiratory therapist, certified respiratory therapist, or registered polysomnographic technologist. 4. This chapter does not prohibit self-care by a patient or the gratuitous care by a friend or member of the family who does not represent or hold out to be a registered or certified respiratory therapist. 5. This chapter does not prohibit a licensee under this chapter from performing advances in the art or techniques of the licensee's licensed profession learned through formal or specialized training. 6. This chapter does not prohibit an individual licensed or registered as a respiratory therapist in another state or country from providing respiratory care in an emergency in this state, providing respiratory care as a member of an organ harvesting team, or from providing respiratory care on board an ambulance as part of the ambulance treatment team.