# California law says no unlicensed person may practise respiratory care, which covers airway care, breathing treatments and ventilator support

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20040101-respiratory-therapist-7
Date: 2004-01-01 · Stage: Constraint
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Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/respiratory-therapist

## Scope

California, United States. The statute says that, except as the chapter provides, no person shall engage in the practice of respiratory care, respiratory therapy or inhalation therapy without a valid licence; the practice act's definition covers aerosols, humidification, maintenance of natural and artificial airways and mechanical ventilatory support. Current wording effective 1 January 2004. Other licensees such as physicians and nurses have their own exemptions; it says nothing about devices.

## Source

- California Legislative Information — Business and Professions Code section 3760, Respiratory Care Practice Act (as amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 586, effective January 1, 2004) — https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=BPC&sectionNum=3760 (primary source)

## What this means

In California, managing a patient's airway and breathing treatments is licensed work.

## What it does not show yet

Shared with other licensed professions, and silent on the devices they use.

## How to verify it yourself

Open California Business and Professions Code section 3760 and find "no person shall engage in the practice of respiratory care".


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