Texas § OC.604.001 - DEFINITIONS
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§ OC.604.001. DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Advisory board" means the Texas Board of Respiratory Care. (2) "Medical board" means the Texas Medical Board. (3) "Respiratory care" means the treatment, management, control, diagnostic evaluation, or care of a patient who has a deficiency or abnormality associated with the cardiorespiratory system. (4) "Respiratory care practitioner" means a person who holds a certificate or temporary permit under this chapter to practice respiratory care. (5) "Respiratory care procedure" means respiratory care provided by the therapeutic and diagnostic use of medical gases, humidifiers, and aerosols, the administration of drugs and medications to the cardiorespiratory system, ventilatory assistance and ventilatory control, postural drainage, chest drainage, chest percussion or vibration, breathing exercises, respiratory rehabilitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the maintenance of natural airways, and the insertion and maintenance of artificial airways. The term includes a technique used to assist in diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, and research, as ordered by a patient's physician, including: (A) the measurement of ventilatory volumes, pressures, and flows; (B) the specimen collection of blood and other materials; (C) pulmonary function testing; and (D) hemodynamic and other related physiological forms of monitoring or treating the cardiorespiratory system. Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 5.188, eff. April 2, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202 ), Sec. 2.149, eff. September 1, 2015.
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Section OC.604.001 ("DEFINITIONS") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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