Endorsement

OF RESPIRATORY THERAPISTS TO PROVIDE POLYSOMNOGRAPHIC SERVICES. (1) In order for a licensee of this Board to practice polysomnography without obtaining licensure from the Polysomnographic Professional Standards Committee, the licensee must obtain an endorsement from this Board. In order to obtain an endorsement, a licensee shall provide this Board with the following: (a) A completed and signed polysomnographic services endorsement form, as approved by this Board; and (b) Proof of possessing a valid, active, and unrestricted license as a Registered Respiratory Therapist or Certified Respiratory Therapist, issued by this Board; and (c) One of the following: 1. Certification by the National Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists as a registered polysomnographic technologist; or 2. Certification by the National Board of Respiratory Care as a sleep disorder specialist; or 3. Proof of completion of the Sleep Center or Sleep Lab Competency Checklist, as approved by this Board, signed by both the director of the sleep lab and the medical director from a current employing facility, verifying that an individual certified as a respiratory therapist has obtained a minimum of five hundred and four (504) hours in a sleep center or sleep laboratory or that an individual registered as a respiratory therapist has obtained a minimum of two hundred and fifty-two (252) hours in a sleep lab or sleep center, and outlining competency relative to the following topics, which include, but are not limited to: (i) Patient safety, rapport, preparation, education and confidentiality; (ii) Setup, function, calibration, operation and maintenance of all relative equipment; (iii) Monitoring, recording, and analysis of physiologic data as defined under T.C.A. § 63-31-101(9)(a)(i); (iv) Appropriate corrective and emergency procedures as appropriate, according to lab/center policies; and (v) Implementation of the applicable treatment procedures according to lab/center policy and procedure.