Sec. 604.003.  EFFECT OF CHAPTER.  This chapter does not prohibit:
(1)  the practice of respiratory care as an integral part of the program of study by a student enrolled in a respiratory care education program approved by the advisory board;
(2)  the employment by a health care facility of a person to deliver limited respiratory care support services under the supervision of another person who holds a certificate issued under this chapter, if the person delivering the services does not perform an invasive procedure related to critical respiratory care, including a therapeutic, diagnostic, or palliative procedure, as part of the person's employment and if that person:
(A)  is enrolled for credit in the clinical portion of an approved respiratory care education program; or
(B)  has completed all of the clinical portion of an approved respiratory care education program within the preceding 12 months and is actively pursuing a course of study leading to graduation from the program;
(3)  the care of an ill person provided without charge by a friend or family member;
(4)  care provided in an emergency by a person who does not claim to be a respiratory care practitioner;
(5)  the performance by a respiratory care practitioner of an advance in the art and techniques of respiratory care learned through formal or specialized training;
(6)  the practice of respiratory care by health care personnel who have been formally trained in the care used and who are:
(A)  licensed under the law regulating their professions; or
(B)  acting under the delegated authority of a licensed physician;
(7)  the practice of a legally qualified respiratory care practitioner who is discharging the practitioner's official duties as an employee of the United States government; or
(8)  the practice by a person of a profession or occupation for which the person is licensed, registered, or certified under another law of this state.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202), Sec. 2.150, eff. September 1, 2015.